K: On a more personal note Beatrice, Edgar ran off with an old girlfriend, you're gonna go stay with your mom a couple nights then realize you're better off. J: Yeah, 'cause you know what? He never appreciated you anyway. In fact, *you* kicked *him* out and now that he's gone you're gonna go into town, go to Bloomingdales, find some nice dresses, you know, maybe find somewhere you can get, you know, a facial, and hire a decorator to come in here fast because... damn.
I use Thunderbird in Linux, but because of clunkiness of third party mail clients, I have stuck with Outlook Express in Windows because it gets the job done. There's not much of a security risk anyway if you know what you're doing. The SP2 version blocks images by default now, anyway.
I see someone shares a similar sense of humor as I regarding regular expressions:)
/s-monkeytofive%^2\m(((((nestingisg00d))fart)))>&g t; ...you got modded informative as I previewed this post? I take it that it was serious, but just needed line breaks?
It really is more of a matter of "if". Keep in mind that the rate at which people are migrating Firefox is not linear. I'm not trying to be a pessimistic troll, but the majority of the people who have switched over have already done so.
We're at least halfway to critical mass on Firefox adoption until something major happens in the software world that causes everyone to stop using IE.
See? The Fisher-Price XP theme is actually a security feature! Since it was introduced, it's never been as easy for advertisers to convince users that the fake windows are genuine.
My mom was one of the people who tried to close the window by clicking on the fake X. (That's what they want you to do!)
Firefox is one of the few open source programs that actually appear more polished on the outside than a closed-source competitor. I think that can be largely attributed to its success with regular users.
It's usually open source programs that look like they were designed by engineers for engineers, but it's good to see software like Firefox breaking that trend.
A bit of a deviation from the main topic, but this would probably be a good place for people to post their methods for getting AdBlock to work as effectively as possible with minimal intervention. I know I kind of get sick of AdBlocking individual images. It kinda gets pointless on pages not regularly visited.
So far, the only one I know is to block ad.* Does anybody else have any suggestions? (I checked Google first)
If you look at it as drivers going to places with dodgy business practices, I can say you'll see a lot more Fords parked at Wal-Mart than you will Mercedes-Benzes.
The nature of users hasn't really changed. Those who click on banners still do and those who block popups at least ignored them before they had means to block them.
The only thing that's really changed is the installed browser base. A user who used to ignore dodgy ads in IE now uses Firefox and still ignores dodgy ads now.
About your sig: Yeah, I've noticed that one of the Flash ads actually caused a popup in Firefox. (the IT Product Guide one, I think) That seems to be an Achilles heel in its popup blocker, as it can't distinguish between a non-initiated command to open a new window, and one that was done on mouseclick, deep within the Flash script.
The Strongbad Email, Virus, actually demonstrates this in the "Click on the Monkey" part. Surprisingly, nothing happens on unpatched IE 6.
I first took a fancy to Mrs. Bouvier because her raspy voice - reminded me of my old Victrola. Oh, it was a fine machine with a vulcanized rubber listening tube which you crammed in your ear. The tube would go in easier with some sort of lubricant like linseed oil or Dr. -- *sssh* Oh, sorry!
My question to the world is this: where were you on the day when HP gave up on trying to bring key parts of Compaq/DEC's Tru64 operating system into HP-UX?
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Go banana!
K: On a more personal note Beatrice, Edgar ran off with an old girlfriend, you're gonna go stay with your mom a couple nights then realize you're better off.
J: Yeah, 'cause you know what? He never appreciated you anyway. In fact, *you* kicked *him* out and now that he's gone you're gonna go into town, go to Bloomingdales, find some nice dresses, you know, maybe find somewhere you can get, you know, a facial, and hire a decorator to come in here fast because... damn.
Tell me about it; Ackbar and Cthulu are nowhere to be found!
someone drooling icecream over his freshly made photograph!
Dr. Nick Riviera: And this smudge that looks like my fingerprint? Noooo, that's trauma!
I use Thunderbird in Linux, but because of clunkiness of third party mail clients, I have stuck with Outlook Express in Windows because it gets the job done. There's not much of a security risk anyway if you know what you're doing. The SP2 version blocks images by default now, anyway.
I see someone shares a similar sense of humor as I regarding regular expressions :)
/s-monkeytofive%^2\m(((((nestingisg00d))fart)))>&g t;
...you got modded informative as I previewed this post? I take it that it was serious, but just needed line breaks?
It really is more of a matter of "if". Keep in mind that the rate at which people are migrating Firefox is not linear. I'm not trying to be a pessimistic troll, but the majority of the people who have switched over have already done so.
We're at least halfway to critical mass on Firefox adoption until something major happens in the software world that causes everyone to stop using IE.
See? The Fisher-Price XP theme is actually a security feature! Since it was introduced, it's never been as easy for advertisers to convince users that the fake windows are genuine.
My mom was one of the people who tried to close the window by clicking on the fake X. (That's what they want you to do!)
Firefox is one of the few open source programs that actually appear more polished on the outside than a closed-source competitor. I think that can be largely attributed to its success with regular users.
It's usually open source programs that look like they were designed by engineers for engineers, but it's good to see software like Firefox breaking that trend.
I'd hate to see you drive a manual transmission the same way you close HTML tags.
A bit of a deviation from the main topic, but this would probably be a good place for people to post their methods for getting AdBlock to work as effectively as possible with minimal intervention. I know I kind of get sick of AdBlocking individual images. It kinda gets pointless on pages not regularly visited.
So far, the only one I know is to block ad.* Does anybody else have any suggestions? (I checked Google first)
If you look at it as drivers going to places with dodgy business practices, I can say you'll see a lot more Fords parked at Wal-Mart than you will Mercedes-Benzes.
What are advertisers worried about?
The nature of users hasn't really changed. Those who click on banners still do and those who block popups at least ignored them before they had means to block them.
The only thing that's really changed is the installed browser base. A user who used to ignore dodgy ads in IE now uses Firefox and still ignores dodgy ads now.
If you're going to stress a specific word, be sure to spell it correctly, so that you don't bring focused attention to your mistake.
Not to mention that Hanukkah is a bit overplayed just because it comes within the same time as Christmas.
I'm not a Jew, but isn't Passover traditionally considered more of a major holiday? Or is it Yom Kippur?
About your sig: Yeah, I've noticed that one of the Flash ads actually caused a popup in Firefox. (the IT Product Guide one, I think) That seems to be an Achilles heel in its popup blocker, as it can't distinguish between a non-initiated command to open a new window, and one that was done on mouseclick, deep within the Flash script.
The Strongbad Email, Virus, actually demonstrates this in the "Click on the Monkey" part. Surprisingly, nothing happens on unpatched IE 6.
Does Wal-Mart still sell censored music and video games? I remember some clout about them selling a censored version of Need for Speed 3 back in 1998.
Peter: In England, all they have is drive-by arguments.
(Luxury car pulls up to pedestrian)
Guy in car: Say, Nigel!......I disagree!
(Car speeds off)
And before anybody obverves this as a new development, just remember the line from Spaceballs, a PG movie from the mid 80s:
"Out of order?!" "Fuck!" "Even in the future, nothing works!"
Phatt Librarian: Vices?
Guybrush: Nose picking.
I first took a fancy to Mrs. Bouvier because her raspy voice - reminded me of my old Victrola. Oh, it was a
fine machine with a vulcanized rubber listening tube which you crammed in your ear. The tube would go in easier with some sort of lubricant like linseed oil or Dr. -- *sssh* Oh, sorry!
My question to the world is this: where were you on the day when HP gave up on trying to bring key parts of Compaq/DEC's Tru64 operating system into HP-UX?
Some Guy: "Ummm.....uhhh......what?"
This is Slashdot. They were probably referring to a change to Google Beta made in October 2002.
How many eggs are in your basket today?
No, you're safe. You see, math travels west because all things are made from triangles. Except copper. DO NOT USE OR PICK UP COPPER!