While I'm not a fan of taking away things, in my mind having a fixed limit is better than having an 'Unlimited' plan, but having an unknown 'fair usage policy', for which there is no official policy.
For the love of jebus, ignore the Daily/Sunday Express just as much as the Daily/Sunday Mail. They are terrible, borderline-racist, reactionary publications with a fixation on Big Brother (Orwell, not the terribe reality show) and 'foreign types stealing our jobs'.
There's a site dedicated to the terrible nature of these publications, which is well worth a read, if only for a giggle.
First off, because it drives me nuts, it is "couldn't care less". (Cue picking on grammar errors in this post. Maybe I'll drop a couple in intentionally!)
Secondly there is adblock (and flashblock) for Safari in the form or SafariBlock, or if you don't care for Input Managers there's always things like GlimmerBlocker which is a local HTTP Proxy which will block ads (and flash and do other fancy things) across the whole system and not just one browser.
'pwn' drives me nuts. In my eyes the use of it seriously undermines any project and gives the impression that it is presided over by annoying 13 years olds which, in turn, pretty much makes me dismiss it.
The story needs to be about the fall of Rapture, not what occurs in game, because that will turn out to be shit. Also it shouldn't be called BioShock. Something like 'Rapture' springs to mind.
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I was going to bring this up too, and then I realised that every phone I've had this feature on has been a SonyEricsson model. (Sony J5, SE T310, T630, S700i). Is this feature unique to SonyEricsson or something?
I didn't think it was possible to design an interface that was this bad by default. It breaks all kinds of usability rules by not having the menu where you expect, and in a really crazy colourscheme. Sure, you can use the alternate skin, but that's not the default one - aka the one that most people will use!
I tried to load adblock in, and was informed it was not compatible with Netscape, which is fair enough. Not to be putoff I copied my Firefox "extensions" folder into the Netscape one and saw them all appear in the Netscape Extensions window, which suprised me. Clicking on any of them caused Netscape to lock up, which was fabulous, although I guess not entirely unexpected!
Another gripe was that I couldn't select all the "trusted sites" and remove them all at once. Instead I had to remove each one manually and click YES I AM DAMN SURE I WANT TO REMOVE IT THAT'S WHY I CLICKED THE BUTTON every time.
Anyway it doesn't seem too bad all in all, although switching from a gecko engine to a gecko/MSIE (what's the name of that engine? It alludes me at the moment) seems like a step in the wrong direction.
Not here (WinXP, FF 1.0.3). The javascript console informs me that the javascript contains an "unterminated string literal" which is probably causing it to fail.
For a site I run Firefox is nearing 30% usage for Feb-Mar 2005 (some 20 million hits)
Internet Explorer 59.3 %
Firefox 28.5 %
Opera 6.9 %
Mozilla 3%
Netscape 1 %
Safari 0.5 %
I've not had a problem with it, but then to be honest I've not done much more than surf the web/rip a cd/watch a dvd/play AvP on it. I suspect that if you were to do any anount of taxing work on it then you would need more RAM.
When I was there they were doing RAM upgrades only, but that may have been because it was the day after release and the place was packed.
I picked up a Mac Mini Last Weekend but....
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I wandered down to the Apple Store in London last Sunday and came back with the base Mac Mini and am extremely impressed with it, this being my first foray into the Mac world.
Anyway, having just looked at the accessories (Coral link as the original is/.ed) I wouldn't pick up any of them, they look a bit crap and the Grandstand appears to be the only one with any use and then only if you have very limited desk space.
From the story title I was hoping for something a bit morethan bent plastic/metal.
...and I was suprised to find that it picked out two items as spyware - remenants of an application I uninstalled ages ago. Neither AdAware or Spybot, which I run on a regular basis, ever pulled tyhis out. It also gave a nice detailed description of the offending items as well as recommending actions based upon whether it thought they were "high risk" (action was Remove) or "low risk" (action was Quarantine). Colour me suprised!
If I recall correctly, the date is "broken" on Unix as it won't do dates after 2038 due to using a signed integer for counting the seconds since 00:00:00 1/1/1970.
As for fixing it? I dunno, maybe an unsigned integer, or a 64bit signed integer for 64bit flavours?
Because it plays DVDs (region free too), media in almost every format under the sun and games too. On the downside the chipping process may be on the wrong side of "legal" depending on where you are, and the majority applications are, as they're compiled using MS's SDK. Other than that it is excellent, much better than any stand-alone appliance I have come across.
Easy to break in Firefox + adblock
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* Set Adblock to "Hide Ads"
* Block: http://print.google.com/images/cleardot.gif
* Prevent websites from changing the context menu: Web features > Advanced
* et voila
... and they attempt to catch it with a hook and a stick!? This is not a fairground, and you are not trying to catch plastic fish from a pond in exchange for a giant teddy-bear.
I have a P3 800MHz keyring after one broke at work and was a mere week outside of it's warranty. Fifteen minutes with some clippers and a soldering iron removed the pins and a further minute with a Dremel to drill a holy for the ring and it was done! Unfortunately, 2+ years in my pocket have taken their toll on it - the core has been virtually destroyed and there are some nasty chips out of the side of it. Looks like I need to blow up some more hardware to replace it, an AMD64 would be a nice keyring upgrade;).
Am I right to assume that as a GF3 is the minimum, then the DX7 based Geforce 4MX will not be sufficient? If true this should be interesting, some people screamed blue murder when they discovered (after not reading the box) that Thief 3 would not run on their MX. Will ID get slammed too?
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While I'm not a fan of taking away things, in my mind having a fixed limit is better than having an 'Unlimited' plan, but having an unknown 'fair usage policy', for which there is no official policy.
For the love of jebus, ignore the Daily/Sunday Express just as much as the Daily/Sunday Mail. They are terrible, borderline-racist, reactionary publications with a fixation on Big Brother (Orwell, not the terribe reality show) and 'foreign types stealing our jobs'.
There's a site dedicated to the terrible nature of these publications, which is well worth a read, if only for a giggle.
But the launch was cancelled hours ago due to a hydrogen leak. Lucky?
First off, because it drives me nuts, it is "couldn't care less". (Cue picking on grammar errors in this post. Maybe I'll drop a couple in intentionally!)
Secondly there is adblock (and flashblock) for Safari in the form or SafariBlock, or if you don't care for Input Managers there's always things like GlimmerBlocker which is a local HTTP Proxy which will block ads (and flash and do other fancy things) across the whole system and not just one browser.
'pwn' drives me nuts. In my eyes the use of it seriously undermines any project and gives the impression that it is presided over by annoying 13 years olds which, in turn, pretty much makes me dismiss it.
Someone's evidentially not been watching Top Gear, which features some of the best camera work on TV and film.
The story needs to be about the fall of Rapture, not what occurs in game, because that will turn out to be shit. Also it shouldn't be called BioShock. Something like 'Rapture' springs to mind.
I was going to bring this up too, and then I realised that every phone I've had this feature on has been a SonyEricsson model. (Sony J5, SE T310, T630, S700i). Is this feature unique to SonyEricsson or something?
It breaks all kinds of usability rules by not having the menu where you expect, and in a really crazy colourscheme.
Sure, you can use the alternate skin, but that's not the default one - aka the one that most people will use!
I tried to load adblock in, and was informed it was not compatible with Netscape, which is fair enough. Not to be putoff I copied my Firefox "extensions" folder into the Netscape one and saw them all appear in the Netscape Extensions window, which suprised me. Clicking on any of them caused Netscape to lock up, which was fabulous, although I guess not entirely unexpected!
Another gripe was that I couldn't select all the "trusted sites" and remove them all at once. Instead I had to remove each one manually and click YES I AM DAMN SURE I WANT TO REMOVE IT THAT'S WHY I CLICKED THE BUTTON every time.
Anyway it doesn't seem too bad all in all, although switching from a gecko engine to a gecko/MSIE (what's the name of that engine? It alludes me at the moment) seems like a step in the wrong direction.
Not here (WinXP, FF 1.0.3).
The javascript console informs me that the javascript contains an "unterminated string literal" which is probably causing it to fail.
For a site I run Firefox is nearing 30% usage for Feb-Mar 2005 (some 20 million hits) Internet Explorer 59.3 % Firefox 28.5 % Opera 6.9 % Mozilla 3% Netscape 1 % Safari 0.5 %
I've not had a problem with it, but then to be honest I've not done much more than surf the web/rip a cd/watch a dvd/play AvP on it.
I suspect that if you were to do any anount of taxing work on it then you would need more RAM.
When I was there they were doing RAM upgrades only, but that may have been because it was the day after release and the place was packed.
I wandered down to the Apple Store in London last Sunday and came back with the base Mac Mini and am extremely impressed with it, this being my first foray into the Mac world.
Anyway, having just looked at the accessories (Coral link as the original is /.ed) I wouldn't pick up any of them, they look a bit crap and the Grandstand appears to be the only one with any use and then only if you have very limited desk space.
From the story title I was hoping for something a bit morethan bent plastic/metal.
...and I was suprised to find that it picked out two items as spyware - remenants of an application I uninstalled ages ago.
Neither AdAware or Spybot, which I run on a regular basis, ever pulled tyhis out. It also gave a nice detailed description of the offending items as well as recommending actions based upon whether it thought they were "high risk" (action was Remove) or "low risk" (action was Quarantine).
Colour me suprised!
As for fixing it? I dunno, maybe an unsigned integer, or a 64bit signed integer for 64bit flavours?
Site owners who use the AdSense service can choose to display image adverts as well as text adverts.
The majority stick with text-only adverts.
It is taking an absolute age to unlock the game files.
Released: November 16th - Playable: November 21st.
Because it plays DVDs (region free too), media in almost every format under the sun and games too.
On the downside the chipping process may be on the wrong side of "legal" depending on where you are, and the majority applications are, as they're compiled using MS's SDK. Other than that it is excellent, much better than any stand-alone appliance I have come across.
* Set Adblock to "Hide Ads" * Block: http://print.google.com/images/cleardot.gif * Prevent websites from changing the context menu: Web features > Advanced * et voila
...capacitive. It must be, or something fairly similar.
It explains why the human finger can operate the wheel, but drag a BIC biro round the wheel and nothing happens.
... and they attempt to catch it with a hook and a stick!?
This is not a fairground, and you are not trying to catch plastic fish from a pond in exchange for a giant teddy-bear.
I have a P3 800MHz keyring after one broke at work and was a mere week outside of it's warranty. ;).
Fifteen minutes with some clippers and a soldering iron removed the pins and a further minute with a Dremel to drill a holy for the ring and it was done!
Unfortunately, 2+ years in my pocket have taken their toll on it - the core has been virtually destroyed and there are some nasty chips out of the side of it. Looks like I need to blow up some more hardware to replace it, an AMD64 would be a nice keyring upgrade
Am I right to assume that as a GF3 is the minimum, then the DX7 based Geforce 4MX will not be sufficient?
If true this should be interesting, some people screamed blue murder when they discovered (after not reading the box) that Thief 3 would not run on their MX. Will ID get slammed too?