IMO, Opera is an OK browser. My biggest complaint is the ad boxes on the free version. I could just pay for it, but why would I when firefox is at least equally good?
If opera ever wants to get any real market share, they are going to have to release their browser free and without ads.
I don't think they need to open source it. It'd be nice, but its realy too much to ask. And besides, how many mozilla or firefox users here compiled from source?
I'm not too worried about wi-fi around myself but I would never run a wireless transmitter anywhere near anyone younger than about 5, and I would have serious issues with running one near anyone younger than 24 (the age when the brain is fully developed). Remember, those signals are 2.45ghz...the same frequency used to cook food in your microwave!
True, the signals are much weaker than anything you would find in a cooker, but infants do not have well formed skulls for at least a few years after they are born. And the brain is a lot smaller and is more suceptible to damage.
So keep it wired.
(I like the idea of setting up oxygen and carbon dioxide sensors around the crib - it would tell you if your kid is still alive and would be non-obtrusive. Maybe attach them to a linux SBC, and run an ethernet cable out of it. Get it to communicate with your server, and have that send you an SMS message on your phone if either the O2 or the CO2 percentages drop below predefined levels or fail to show changes over a period of a few seconds. You could also use a motion sensor of some description but by the time the baby hasn't moved for long enough for it not to be a false alarm, it's probably too late.)
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IMO, Opera is an OK browser. My biggest complaint is the ad boxes on the free version. I could just pay for it, but why would I when firefox is at least equally good?
If opera ever wants to get any real market share, they are going to have to release their browser free and without ads.
I don't think they need to open source it. It'd be nice, but its realy too much to ask. And besides, how many mozilla or firefox users here compiled from source?
Please point me to ONE case of a 'terrorist cell' that has been taken down THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN IF THE PATRIOT ACT HADN'T BEEN SIGNED.
(Note that I'm not saying there aren't any - but I would be very surprised if there were.)
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I'm not too worried about wi-fi around myself but I would never run a wireless transmitter anywhere near anyone younger than about 5, and I would have serious issues with running one near anyone younger than 24 (the age when the brain is fully developed). Remember, those signals are 2.45ghz...the same frequency used to cook food in your microwave!
True, the signals are much weaker than anything you would find in a cooker, but infants do not have well formed skulls for at least a few years after they are born. And the brain is a lot smaller and is more suceptible to damage.
So keep it wired.
(I like the idea of setting up oxygen and carbon dioxide sensors around the crib - it would tell you if your kid is still alive and would be non-obtrusive. Maybe attach them to a linux SBC, and run an ethernet cable out of it. Get it to communicate with your server, and have that send you an SMS message on your phone if either the O2 or the CO2 percentages drop below predefined levels or fail to show changes over a period of a few seconds. You could also use a motion sensor of some description but by the time the baby hasn't moved for long enough for it not to be a false alarm, it's probably too late.)