Actually, we need more TMIs (not so many Chernobyls). With more accidents like TMI we won't spend as much electricity during the night hours to light our way.
You can read at night by the glow of your hands on the book or magazine, you won't need to turn the hallway lights on due to the overall glow of your body and just think of that romantic glow when you and your significant other get busy under the covers.
* I stayed in the area during TMI so it is perfectly acceptable for me to joke about it.
The first part was correct but then you had to provide a link to a creationist web site. A web site with the name 'Institute for Creation Research' as if the use of the word 'Institute' provides some legitimacy to the fantasy of Creationism.
Since Creationism relies on a supernatural being, a being which cannot be proven nor disproven, no testing can be performed. Therefore, Creationism is not a theory.
Repeating a lie three times does not make it a fact.
Actually, that last part is what I have been saying all along when the issue of no paper trail for electronic voting machines comes up. If computers don't mistakes, as the folks from Diebold et al claim, then why do we get receipts when we go the grocery store?
Oh, you mean it's so the people can verify that they got charged for what they actually bought rather than what the store says they bought? Or that the prices a person paid were what was marked on the shelf? Imagine that. A paper trail to confirm your choices.
While his explanation seems plausible that does not account for:
1) the slight gray streak of what appears to be smoke in the picutre
2) why the light no longer works
The answer to the second issue could simply be one of those quirks where the bulb had reached its end of life at approximately the same time the picture was taken.
While the author is certainly more knowledgable in the area he talks about than I am, I can't say I can agree with his conclusion. The flash as shown in the photo appears to be more consistent with the effect a lightning strike has (i.e. a bright flash).
Further, if you look closely at the picture, you can distinctly see what appears to be a puff of whitish-grey smoke surrounding the light pole in question. This would also be consistent with a lightning strike. I know this because I observed the after-effect of a transformer outside my parents home getting hit by a lightning strike years ago. Even though I looked out the window seconds after the strike there was still a bit of smoke hanging about.
The fact that there is no noticable damage to the pole can be explained by using the electrocuted pickle example (get out your CSI DVD in case you're wondering what I'm talking about).
Finally, there is no rainbow effect noticeable in the photo compared to his example.
As you surmised, Firefox is just a browser. That's all it does. Browse the web. It's not an html editor or an ftp client (natively).
Thunderbird is just an email client. All it does is allow you to read/filter/organize your email.
Mozilla is a complete suite of apps which allow you to browse the web, read your email, check newsgroups and I belive some IM in there as well (could be wrong on this part).
People need to stop thinking in a Microsoft-all-in-one way (not you personally). Integration is bad. Each app should do one thing and do it well instead of trying to do 80 things poorly.
Yes, it is as bad as these folks make it out to be.
Where I work (state government) I see all kinds of cruft on users machines when I am out and about. Even though it's not a direct part of my job I am in IT and to help things along I go through users machines and remove the nasties. Sadly, I walk by a week or so later and the users machine has the junk on it again.
I recently got permission to do a test with Firefox. I've been using it without issues and my bosses boss just put it on his work system and has the same results. I asked him if I could put Firefox on a users machine, someone who I knew had all kinds of problems with popups/redirects/whatever.
I cleaned her system (I don't even remember how many pieces of spyware she had) and then put Firefox on the machine. I did some basic configuration (block popups, small cache size, etc), copied her bookmarks over and gave her a quick run through on using tabs and how to configure the toolbar. So far I have not heard one bad thing from her about using Firefox or that she had issues with popups/spyware.
Hopefully, by using this person as a real guinea pig (as opposed to myself), someone who is not overly computer literate, we can convince the higher ups to use Firefox for everything except for our SAP requirements (yes, SAP is evil. I'm not the one who chose to spend millions of dollars on a tricked-out spreadsheet).
Try getting a No-CD patch off of gamecopyworld.com and watch a couple popups come up in Firefox.
I'm running Firefox 1.0 and went to gamecopyworld.com and see no popups whatsoever. This is a base install with no extensions or anything else.
Guess the issue is with the Flash animation itself and not the browser. Solution? Don't have Flash installed. It's not necessary to view a web page anyway. Any site that requires Flash to be used isn't worth the time.
I have one Mod point left and I want to use it before the end of the day when it expires. How can I mod this whole article as Troll?
Come on folks. Only on select sites such as this one are people like those mentioned in the article considered heroes. Joe Average, as a rule, doesn't even know what Open Source is let alone that it exists.
Maybe, possibly, though unlikely, some time in the future those who have contributed might be recognized for their efforts (such as Linus) in hindsight but I'm not holding my breath.
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Actually, we need more TMIs (not so many Chernobyls). With more accidents like TMI we won't spend as much electricity during the night hours to light our way.
You can read at night by the glow of your hands on the book or magazine, you won't need to turn the hallway lights on due to the overall glow of your body and just think of that romantic glow when you and your significant other get busy under the covers.
* I stayed in the area during TMI so it is perfectly acceptable for me to joke about it.
Go ahead, say it. It's not like the truth hasn't been known for some time.
Why do people bother going to the trouble of throwing things away when they have plenty of extra space?
With things like closets and yards people don't even have to be organized. They can keep everything they want and find it quickly and easily.
You were oh so close on your post.
The first part was correct but then you had to provide a link to a creationist web site. A web site with the name 'Institute for Creation Research' as if the use of the word 'Institute' provides some legitimacy to the fantasy of Creationism.
So close yet so far.
Only type?
Considering the conversations that the average teenager has on a cell phone, this is a good thing, right?
While we're at it, can we also ban Joan and Melissa Rivers from being hosts at any kind of award show?
This surprises you how? I've had a posting rejected and then seen the EXACT SAME story posted four days later!
Come on, this is Slashdot. You don't actually expect competence, do you?
they just scraped some postings from /. and cobbled them into a piece for publication.
...
Brilliant! Does this fall into the:
1) Do something
2)
3) Profit!
category?
Because only one is a theory.
Since Creationism relies on a supernatural being, a being which cannot be proven nor disproven, no testing can be performed. Therefore, Creationism is not a theory.
Repeating a lie three times does not make it a fact.
Too late, Pennsylvania beat Kansas to the punch.
*sigh* And the powers that be keep wondering why there is a 'brain drain' in the state (er, Commonwealth)
Maybe have the politicians take a look at spelling as well.
Actually, that last part is what I have been saying all along when the issue of no paper trail for electronic voting machines comes up. If computers don't mistakes, as the folks from Diebold et al claim, then why do we get receipts when we go the grocery store?
Oh, you mean it's so the people can verify that they got charged for what they actually bought rather than what the store says they bought? Or that the prices a person paid were what was marked on the shelf? Imagine that. A paper trail to confirm your choices.
While his explanation seems plausible that does not account for:
1) the slight gray streak of what appears to be smoke in the picutre
2) why the light no longer works
The answer to the second issue could simply be one of those quirks where the bulb had reached its end of life at approximately the same time the picture was taken.
While the author is certainly more knowledgable in the area he talks about than I am, I can't say I can agree with his conclusion. The flash as shown in the photo appears to be more consistent with the effect a lightning strike has (i.e. a bright flash).
Further, if you look closely at the picture, you can distinctly see what appears to be a puff of whitish-grey smoke surrounding the light pole in question. This would also be consistent with a lightning strike. I know this because I observed the after-effect of a transformer outside my parents home getting hit by a lightning strike years ago. Even though I looked out the window seconds after the strike there was still a bit of smoke hanging about.
The fact that there is no noticable damage to the pole can be explained by using the electrocuted pickle example (get out your CSI DVD in case you're wondering what I'm talking about).
Finally, there is no rainbow effect noticeable in the photo compared to his example.
Just some food for thought (or beer if you like).
As you surmised, Firefox is just a browser. That's all it does. Browse the web. It's not an html editor or an ftp client (natively).
Thunderbird is just an email client. All it does is allow you to read/filter/organize your email.
Mozilla is a complete suite of apps which allow you to browse the web, read your email, check newsgroups and I belive some IM in there as well (could be wrong on this part).
People need to stop thinking in a Microsoft-all-in-one way (not you personally). Integration is bad. Each app should do one thing and do it well instead of trying to do 80 things poorly.
Er, I'd rather have the durability of granite. Marble, on the whole, is very porous.
Well, all but one.
Are you asking if your skills match up or did you mistakenly post your info here rather than on a dating site?
Ya know, if you use the holodeck for only that purpose (you know which one), things would get awfully sticky and smelly in there awfully quick.
Yes, it is as bad as these folks make it out to be.
Where I work (state government) I see all kinds of cruft on users machines when I am out and about. Even though it's not a direct part of my job I am in IT and to help things along I go through users machines and remove the nasties. Sadly, I walk by a week or so later and the users machine has the junk on it again.
I recently got permission to do a test with Firefox. I've been using it without issues and my bosses boss just put it on his work system and has the same results. I asked him if I could put Firefox on a users machine, someone who I knew had all kinds of problems with popups/redirects/whatever.
I cleaned her system (I don't even remember how many pieces of spyware she had) and then put Firefox on the machine. I did some basic configuration (block popups, small cache size, etc), copied her bookmarks over and gave her a quick run through on using tabs and how to configure the toolbar. So far I have not heard one bad thing from her about using Firefox or that she had issues with popups/spyware.
Hopefully, by using this person as a real guinea pig (as opposed to myself), someone who is not overly computer literate, we can convince the higher ups to use Firefox for everything except for our SAP requirements (yes, SAP is evil. I'm not the one who chose to spend millions of dollars on a tricked-out spreadsheet).
They forgot to include the ability to have your system come to a crawl at an even faster pace with quicker ad and spam delivery
What is truly sad is that I understood everything you just wrote and I certainly do not qualify as a geek or nerd.
Must be from always having to translate the misuse of 'your', 'there' and 'were'
I'm running Firefox 1.0 and went to gamecopyworld.com and see no popups whatsoever. This is a base install with no extensions or anything else.
Guess the issue is with the Flash animation itself and not the browser. Solution? Don't have Flash installed. It's not necessary to view a web page anyway. Any site that requires Flash to be used isn't worth the time.
I have one Mod point left and I want to use it before the end of the day when it expires. How can I mod this whole article as Troll?
Come on folks. Only on select sites such as this one are people like those mentioned in the article considered heroes. Joe Average, as a rule, doesn't even know what Open Source is let alone that it exists.
Maybe, possibly, though unlikely, some time in the future those who have contributed might be recognized for their efforts (such as Linus) in hindsight but I'm not holding my breath.
Vin Diesel?!
VIN DIESEL!!!
*searches in his Bag of Holding for the first large, heavy weapon he can lay his hand on*