I was one of those people who kept downloading Netscape in spite of Internet Explorer. What did it for me was how you could resize a window in IE and the page would redraw right away, instead of waiting till the whole page loaded like Netscape. Something with the word "reflow" in it, I don't remember the name. I think I switched back to Mozilla after they added that.
I would rather be a realist labeled a troll than be a shill who is labeled "Insightful". I'd like to also point out that if Microsoft followed the same policy Mozilla used with Flash, every time you launched Firefox, a window would pop up saying "this application has been disabled due to security concerns".
Is this the part where some government official is supposed to recommend people stop using Firefox until March 30th, or does that only apply to Internet Explorer?
I doubt it's going to require the purchase of storage media. If it's like the other set-top boxes, they'll just make it so you can only record on the internal hard drive and there's absolutely no way to keep the video after it gets full.
I do have a printer installed. A popular, common model. I do have the files. What I don't have is a working Linux driver. I realize this is probably more Canon's fault than any Linux developer's fault. But to say that normal people will have less of a headache with Linux than Windows is shortsighted. You'd have to be living in a Slashdot bubble where they just mod everybody down who disagrees so you think everybody feels the same as you.
Maybe thinking like that is why we have to get 4 gigs of ram to run without slowing down lately. I bet every executable on the hard drive has an extra 11k that somebody thought was insignificant.
You're only "Insightful" cause you're on Slashdot. In the real world, they'd point out all the stuff you can't do on Linux, like print a photo. And somebody like me would point out that I've never had to reinstall Windows on this computer and the only security measure I took was getting rid of Norton and installing a real antivirus. And that alone is going to get me modded away again. But you know I'm right.
For me, the main problem with Opera is the sites that give you popup windows saying they don't support Opera. It wouldn't be so bad if it were a 1-time message or an additional line of text. But they actually give you a popup window or make you click through an additional screen. The biggest problem with Opera is website designers who think IE and Firefox are the only good options. Also, right now I think Opera stands out as an e-mail client. The way it sorts mail, using bayesian filtering, gets really good after you get used to it.
If you're a typical geek and an attractive woman approaches you at a bar, you should know right away that something is wrong. She's most likely a hooker, a spy, or a process-server.
There was a time I approached a guy in a club, who didn't really look like the club type. Cause I go for guys who are a bit on the unusual side. And he was like, "okay are you a hooker or a spy? I suspect you're a hooker."
I told him I was actually a spy. But if it ever happens again, I'm going to say, "actually I'm a process server..."
Yes but that wouldn't illustrate the problem that you have to hand personal information to Google to use these services, and so do your users. So that's a privacy concern. And somebody who likes Google would rather mod me a troll than have anybody think about that.
I have a $400 laptop with integrated graphics. So no Duke Nukem Forever for me. But I have an internet connection and can possibly pay $15 a month. If the service actually worked as its advertisements claim, it would be something to think about. So the point of all that is, while the people who play PC games tend to already have the hardware for it, this could appeal to people who would play such games but don't have the hardware for it. But I think they should ask Vonage what happens to companies whose service depends on your internet connection. And I personally like to buy things, not rent them.
They lost me when I read "Open source discourages laziness (because everyone can see the corners you've cut)".
Whoever said that hasn't seen a lot of open source GUI's lately. Then they had the nerve to say open source products make bugs more likely to be identified because more people are looking at it. But how many of those people know what they're looking at? And is the core group, that knows what they're looking at, any bigger than some for-profit's programming team?
I think the only reason that's not common is because, when you say American, people will assume you mean European American unless you specifiy something else. Kind of like when Americans speak of Slavery, they don't have to specify Black people. But if they're speaking of white, sexual, or economic slavery then they do have to be specific. And when you mention a secret treaty, you don't have to actually specify that it's a corrupt one.
Gamestop is worse, in my opinion. Because they sell new games for a higher price than the used games, but they remove all of the games from the cases. So both new and used games are out of the shrinkwrap and they expect you to trust that your game is one of the new ones. Also, there is no option to return the game because it was taken out of the shrinkwrap before you bought it. Is that even legal?
Never mind the fact that after his device records his dream about the first grade girl, he's committed child pornography in his sleep and labeled as a sex offender when he wakes up.
In my government job, our annual security training specifically stated "p2p networks" are a threat and source of viruses. That wasn't in last year's training. I'm thinking the combination of (the government monitoring private networks for malicious software) and (p2p networks are considered malicious software by the government) are what this is all about.
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How about a search engine "ballot window" in Firefox? And Opera too. Opera should be a fan of those things by now.
I was one of those people who kept downloading Netscape in spite of Internet Explorer. What did it for me was how you could resize a window in IE and the page would redraw right away, instead of waiting till the whole page loaded like Netscape. Something with the word "reflow" in it, I don't remember the name. I think I switched back to Mozilla after they added that.
I would rather be a realist labeled a troll than be a shill who is labeled "Insightful". I'd like to also point out that if Microsoft followed the same policy Mozilla used with Flash, every time you launched Firefox, a window would pop up saying "this application has been disabled due to security concerns".
Is this the part where some government official is supposed to recommend people stop using Firefox until March 30th, or does that only apply to Internet Explorer?
Here's the reference to make it make sense.
Wouldn't that would be Murdoching?
I doubt it's going to require the purchase of storage media. If it's like the other set-top boxes, they'll just make it so you can only record on the internal hard drive and there's absolutely no way to keep the video after it gets full.
I do have a printer installed. A popular, common model. I do have the files. What I don't have is a working Linux driver. I realize this is probably more Canon's fault than any Linux developer's fault. But to say that normal people will have less of a headache with Linux than Windows is shortsighted. You'd have to be living in a Slashdot bubble where they just mod everybody down who disagrees so you think everybody feels the same as you.
Lack of driver support for a Canon inkjet.
Maybe thinking like that is why we have to get 4 gigs of ram to run without slowing down lately. I bet every executable on the hard drive has an extra 11k that somebody thought was insignificant.
You're only "Insightful" cause you're on Slashdot. In the real world, they'd point out all the stuff you can't do on Linux, like print a photo. And somebody like me would point out that I've never had to reinstall Windows on this computer and the only security measure I took was getting rid of Norton and installing a real antivirus. And that alone is going to get me modded away again. But you know I'm right.
For me, the main problem with Opera is the sites that give you popup windows saying they don't support Opera. It wouldn't be so bad if it were a 1-time message or an additional line of text. But they actually give you a popup window or make you click through an additional screen. The biggest problem with Opera is website designers who think IE and Firefox are the only good options. Also, right now I think Opera stands out as an e-mail client. The way it sorts mail, using bayesian filtering, gets really good after you get used to it.
You lost me at "meatbots".
If you're a typical geek and an attractive woman approaches you at a bar, you should know right away that something is wrong. She's most likely a hooker, a spy, or a process-server.
There was a time I approached a guy in a club, who didn't really look like the club type. Cause I go for guys who are a bit on the unusual side. And he was like, "okay are you a hooker or a spy? I suspect you're a hooker."
I told him I was actually a spy. But if it ever happens again, I'm going to say, "actually I'm a process server..."
Yes but that wouldn't illustrate the problem that you have to hand personal information to Google to use these services, and so do your users. So that's a privacy concern. And somebody who likes Google would rather mod me a troll than have anybody think about that.
I have a $400 laptop with integrated graphics. So no Duke Nukem Forever for me. But I have an internet connection and can possibly pay $15 a month. If the service actually worked as its advertisements claim, it would be something to think about. So the point of all that is, while the people who play PC games tend to already have the hardware for it, this could appeal to people who would play such games but don't have the hardware for it. But I think they should ask Vonage what happens to companies whose service depends on your internet connection. And I personally like to buy things, not rent them.
Can you use it without logging into a Google account? Can you use it without everything you type getting into Google's hands?
If anybody builds one here, a corporation will copy the design a week later, patent it, and sue the builder so he can't do it anymore.
They lost me when I read "Open source discourages laziness (because everyone can see the corners you've cut)".
Whoever said that hasn't seen a lot of open source GUI's lately. Then they had the nerve to say open source products make bugs more likely to be identified because more people are looking at it. But how many of those people know what they're looking at? And is the core group, that knows what they're looking at, any bigger than some for-profit's programming team?
I think the only reason that's not common is because, when you say American, people will assume you mean European American unless you specifiy something else. Kind of like when Americans speak of Slavery, they don't have to specify Black people. But if they're speaking of white, sexual, or economic slavery then they do have to be specific. And when you mention a secret treaty, you don't have to actually specify that it's a corrupt one.
Gamestop is worse, in my opinion. Because they sell new games for a higher price than the used games, but they remove all of the games from the cases. So both new and used games are out of the shrinkwrap and they expect you to trust that your game is one of the new ones. Also, there is no option to return the game because it was taken out of the shrinkwrap before you bought it. Is that even legal?
I bet it will turn out the only way to kill them is to feed them cheddar.
Maybe Britain should ban Microsoft from selling products with Internet Explorer because it facilitates piracy...
Never mind the fact that after his device records his dream about the first grade girl, he's committed child pornography in his sleep and labeled as a sex offender when he wakes up.
In my government job, our annual security training specifically stated "p2p networks" are a threat and source of viruses. That wasn't in last year's training. I'm thinking the combination of (the government monitoring private networks for malicious software) and (p2p networks are considered malicious software by the government) are what this is all about.