See, the correct action that should have taken place was for that woman to have been kicked in the crotch. When did everyone become so suspicious of everyone else?
But in 15 years when voting and elections come to the Internet and text-messaging a la "American Idol", watch out! *Then* the Slashdot masses will rise and viva la revolution!
I still don't understand where "Christian==Republican" and "Non-religion==Democrat" came from....and where do other religions such as Muslim fit in? Can they only be Democrats? Or don't they actually belong to any political parties in the US? You do realize there are shades of gray and things don't fall into a black/white paradigm, right?
My girlfriend, and some of my friends were sick and tired of having Windows crap out on them, having to reload every couple months, and various other problems.
use Thunderbird over Outlook (when in Windows) or Evolution as I find it a much better mail client (don't need the calendar)
Which is why Thunderbird sucks when you *do* want integrated calendaring and contacts. It's clumsy at best. I agree as a mail client, especially with IMAP, Thunderbird is the best I've seen. But as soon as you try and do what Outlook does (with Exchange....Outlook without Exchange is definitely a sub-par anything client), you lose. We have a half implemented Outlook/Thunderbird solution here: we run an IMAP server, and us tech guys use Thunderbird. The CS dept uses Outlook and POP. Email is so much nicer on Thunderbird, but Lightning SUCKS for task management. If Outlook had decent IMAP support, I'd switch to that in a second. I'm actually hoping they get around to moving to the Exchange server just so we have the vertical stack thing going.
Maybe the problem isn't too many smaller distros, but too many *big* ones? A short list taken from a post above (Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, Red Flag and SuSE), what really is the difference between all of those? Sure, if I want a livecd diagnostics disc or I want to turn a computer into a dedicated NAS or firewall or router, there's specific ones for that. But what do we gain by having a dozen "generic" distros that are essentially the same? And if they're not the same, what makes them different?
Really, I think maybe we need a standard unified "generic" linux distro, and then that can be tweaked to specifics if needed...
I hate Comcast. Why do you have to install *anything* to get their Internet service working in the first place?!? I just wanted to register my modem on their network and let it do it's thing. I shouldn't have to install any proprietary software at all. What if my only PC was running linux?
I'm glad I'm finally done with Comcast. Unfortunately, the local cable company that services our new place apparently doesn't want my money very bad....it's been a month and I'm still don't have any cable hooked up. I think I need to start my own ISP....
Now, I can finally have *real* songs with lyrics such as "Hold me closer, Tony Danza...", "Wrapped up like a douche..." and all the other misheard lyrics that are much better than the originals. Maybe I could have them actually transcribe Pearl Jam's song lyrics as mumbles, the way they are sung!
So to sum it up...."I'm cool because no one has ever heard of the lame music I listen to, but as soon as more people start to listen to the same music I listen to, it's not gonna be good anymore, and I have to find an even more obscure source of music to listen to." It's called popular music for a reason.
I found that to be a very interesting idea. As I'm on a computer all day, I try and do as much as I can on the keyboard; it just seems faster to me.
Anyone have any tips (can it even be done?) to browse the web via Firefox almost entirely by keyboard? I already use keyboard shortcuts extensively, and when browsing pages (ie, Slashdot), I'll focus the window, and pagedown/scroll down to read the comments. But I find I still have to use the mouse to click links and such. Even on this form, after I type, if I want to submit the form I have to tab through the focus on the controls until I get to the submit button; it's easier to mouse to it.
If I'm reading a page, and see a link, I know I can search for that link, but the searching in FF starts at the top, and I lose my place. Is there a way to target a visible link on the current scroll position? I also find (when using page down to scroll) that if I go to another tab, and then back again, I have to click with the mouse to focus the page before the arrow keys work to navigate the page.
I've seen some greasemonkey scripts and whatnot that make using gmail/greader more keyboard friendly. I think it'd be great if you could navigate the web entirely using your keyboard, but still have the "modern" browser. Why do I have to click the play button on Youtube? Why should I have to use the mouse at all?
No, I'm pretty sure it's really a suitcase with bills and c-notes. The suitcase probably *does* have a Google logo on it, though. Really. I've seen these things in movies.
It seems redundant that all of these companies have to mine our data independently, or that we have to sign up for free stuff to help them out. The least Microsoft and Google and Apple and everyone else could do is get together and take our data ONCE and be done with it!
I tried it for awhile, didn't like it, and turned it back. It was too....different. I felt like I was missing comments. For the time being, the Slashdotter Firefox plugin seems to work well for me. AJAX-fied collapsible comments, and some nice other features, too. It chokes sometimes on deeper level comments and the expanding, but for the most part it works very well.
Maybe if you've only been using IM in recent times. All of my contacts are in AIM, since that's what we've all been using since 1998 or so. I haven't used the official AIM client in probably 5 years or so. Gaim/Pidgin for me. Why would I want switch networks, let alone a web-based one that requires my browser to be open (speaking to Gmail based Gtalk...there's a standalone GTalk client, too, right?)
How's the air up on that high horse? The reality of it is that people are going to multi-task; they're going to listen to the radio in their cars, they're going to talk on their cellphones. NOT having features so that you can at least not have to fumble around with the phone while driving is a definite LAPSE of a feature. Only Apple could get away with putting out a cellphone that doesn't have a feature that 99.9% of the rest of the mobile phone market has.
If/when CDs really do become obsolete, what will be the "baseline" for digital media? Right now, any and all downloaded tracks for me are compared against ripping a CD. I treat the compact disc as a "master" for consumers - any quality digital copy can be made from the CD. What happens when that "master" becomes a 128k AAC from ITunes? People can't honestly argue that downloaded music files (well, the vast majority) are *high* quality....what is going to happen to the music industry when the standard quality of it's product only sounds good when on an Ipod or driving down the interstate? Is anyone in the industry concerned about that?
Not trying to troll, I really have been wondering this. I keep seeing Safari touted as an iPhone development environment, but it's all supposed to be Web 2.0/AJAX/etc. But isn't making an AJAX web page cross platform by nature? Why couldn't you develop on Firefox or IE? And if it's not, if it's Safari-only, how is that any different than IE-only websites that everyone hates?
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See, the correct action that should have taken place was for that woman to have been kicked in the crotch. When did everyone become so suspicious of everyone else?
But in 15 years when voting and elections come to the Internet and text-messaging a la "American Idol", watch out! *Then* the Slashdot masses will rise and viva la revolution!
I still don't understand where "Christian==Republican" and "Non-religion==Democrat" came from....and where do other religions such as Muslim fit in? Can they only be Democrats? Or don't they actually belong to any political parties in the US? You do realize there are shades of gray and things don't fall into a black/white paradigm, right?
Just hope it doesn't rain!
Which is why Thunderbird sucks when you *do* want integrated calendaring and contacts. It's clumsy at best. I agree as a mail client, especially with IMAP, Thunderbird is the best I've seen. But as soon as you try and do what Outlook does (with Exchange....Outlook without Exchange is definitely a sub-par anything client), you lose. We have a half implemented Outlook/Thunderbird solution here: we run an IMAP server, and us tech guys use Thunderbird. The CS dept uses Outlook and POP. Email is so much nicer on Thunderbird, but Lightning SUCKS for task management. If Outlook had decent IMAP support, I'd switch to that in a second. I'm actually hoping they get around to moving to the Exchange server just so we have the vertical stack thing going.
You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-mah-toe....
How does this play with the AJAX comments abilities of the Slashdotter Firefox extension?
Which Microsoft or Apple EULA basically says "by using this software, you are likely technically breaking the law if you reside in the US"?
Maybe the problem isn't too many smaller distros, but too many *big* ones? A short list taken from a post above (Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, Red Flag and SuSE), what really is the difference between all of those? Sure, if I want a livecd diagnostics disc or I want to turn a computer into a dedicated NAS or firewall or router, there's specific ones for that. But what do we gain by having a dozen "generic" distros that are essentially the same? And if they're not the same, what makes them different?
Really, I think maybe we need a standard unified "generic" linux distro, and then that can be tweaked to specifics if needed...
I hate Comcast. Why do you have to install *anything* to get their Internet service working in the first place?!? I just wanted to register my modem on their network and let it do it's thing. I shouldn't have to install any proprietary software at all. What if my only PC was running linux?
I'm glad I'm finally done with Comcast. Unfortunately, the local cable company that services our new place apparently doesn't want my money very bad....it's been a month and I'm still don't have any cable hooked up. I think I need to start my own ISP....
Doesn't Nickelback already do this?
Now, I can finally have *real* songs with lyrics such as "Hold me closer, Tony Danza...", "Wrapped up like a douche..." and all the other misheard lyrics that are much better than the originals. Maybe I could have them actually transcribe Pearl Jam's song lyrics as mumbles, the way they are sung!
So to sum it up...."I'm cool because no one has ever heard of the lame music I listen to, but as soon as more people start to listen to the same music I listen to, it's not gonna be good anymore, and I have to find an even more obscure source of music to listen to." It's called popular music for a reason.
I found that to be a very interesting idea. As I'm on a computer all day, I try and do as much as I can on the keyboard; it just seems faster to me.
Anyone have any tips (can it even be done?) to browse the web via Firefox almost entirely by keyboard? I already use keyboard shortcuts extensively, and when browsing pages (ie, Slashdot), I'll focus the window, and pagedown/scroll down to read the comments. But I find I still have to use the mouse to click links and such. Even on this form, after I type, if I want to submit the form I have to tab through the focus on the controls until I get to the submit button; it's easier to mouse to it.
If I'm reading a page, and see a link, I know I can search for that link, but the searching in FF starts at the top, and I lose my place. Is there a way to target a visible link on the current scroll position? I also find (when using page down to scroll) that if I go to another tab, and then back again, I have to click with the mouse to focus the page before the arrow keys work to navigate the page.
I've seen some greasemonkey scripts and whatnot that make using gmail/greader more keyboard friendly. I think it'd be great if you could navigate the web entirely using your keyboard, but still have the "modern" browser. Why do I have to click the play button on Youtube? Why should I have to use the mouse at all?
No, I'm pretty sure it's really a suitcase with bills and c-notes. The suitcase probably *does* have a Google logo on it, though. Really. I've seen these things in movies.
It seems redundant that all of these companies have to mine our data independently, or that we have to sign up for free stuff to help them out. The least Microsoft and Google and Apple and everyone else could do is get together and take our data ONCE and be done with it!
no you don't
I tried it for awhile, didn't like it, and turned it back. It was too....different. I felt like I was missing comments. For the time being, the Slashdotter Firefox plugin seems to work well for me. AJAX-fied collapsible comments, and some nice other features, too. It chokes sometimes on deeper level comments and the expanding, but for the most part it works very well.
Maybe if you've only been using IM in recent times. All of my contacts are in AIM, since that's what we've all been using since 1998 or so. I haven't used the official AIM client in probably 5 years or so. Gaim/Pidgin for me. Why would I want switch networks, let alone a web-based one that requires my browser to be open (speaking to Gmail based Gtalk...there's a standalone GTalk client, too, right?)
How's the air up on that high horse? The reality of it is that people are going to multi-task; they're going to listen to the radio in their cars, they're going to talk on their cellphones. NOT having features so that you can at least not have to fumble around with the phone while driving is a definite LAPSE of a feature. Only Apple could get away with putting out a cellphone that doesn't have a feature that 99.9% of the rest of the mobile phone market has.
If/when CDs really do become obsolete, what will be the "baseline" for digital media? Right now, any and all downloaded tracks for me are compared against ripping a CD. I treat the compact disc as a "master" for consumers - any quality digital copy can be made from the CD. What happens when that "master" becomes a 128k AAC from ITunes? People can't honestly argue that downloaded music files (well, the vast majority) are *high* quality....what is going to happen to the music industry when the standard quality of it's product only sounds good when on an Ipod or driving down the interstate? Is anyone in the industry concerned about that?
What if my favourite TV show is 'Family Matters'?
Not trying to troll, I really have been wondering this. I keep seeing Safari touted as an iPhone development environment, but it's all supposed to be Web 2.0/AJAX/etc. But isn't making an AJAX web page cross platform by nature? Why couldn't you develop on Firefox or IE? And if it's not, if it's Safari-only, how is that any different than IE-only websites that everyone hates?