Ok, I just downloaded it now (painless upgrade) and the javascript on the page in question still doesn't work. All the menus that should be along the top bar are compressed into one small box and they're shifted far to the right of the screen. I have to scroll over to access them and when I can see them they're all compressed so there's no way of highlighting what I want to see.
It's too bad - I like the feel and the speed of Opera so far, but the one webpage that my wife absolutely must access does not render properly.
I don't know who to blame, but it's most likely the web developer's fault. I'm 99.9% certain the page was designed primarily for IE. There's one page on her company's website that has a drop down menu with about 50 choices. IE renders it fine, but in Firefox all 50 choices appear as text just before the drop down menu, though the drop down menu is still renders properly allowing me to choose an option. That little bug is tolerable, but not being able to access a menu is a problem.
I'm running 8.5 - I just downloaded it a few weeks ago when they were giving the free reg code away so Browser JavaScript should be enabled by default, right?
I'm not sure if I can report this as a site problem since you can't get to the problematic page without logging in. Any other ideas?
The menus are several words across the top of the screen and when you roll your mouse over, they expand to reveal more options. In Opera, all the menus are compressed into one small area and they're way off to the right of the screen.
When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information is there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel scanner. An employee can take a hand full of cards home and using a scanning device, access the information onto a laptop computer and go shopping at your expense.
I just don't get this statement. The employees are the ones who have access to all that information, why in the world would they need to go through the effort of using a card reader? Wouldn't it be a heck of a lot easier to have a notebook and pen, then look through the lists of all registered guests and copy the info you want?
Artists shouldn't be allowed to eat off their art indefinately; they need to keep innovating and improving
What most expired artists do is eat off their investments. That's the same secret that anyone in big business does - when you come across a large amount of money, invest it properly and you can live like a king without having to work anymore. The thing is that most multi-millionaires, despite being financially secure, aren't satisfied and want to continue to make more money.
Unfortunately, some artists don't make such good investments.
BTW - Wikipedia is great. I never knew that MC Hammer signed on with Death Row Records!!! The label did not release any of Hammer's music while he was with them. However, Burrell did record music with Shakur. Their collaborative efforts are yet to be released.
I think most new CDs (at least the ones I've seen) have a little disclaimer that says something about them not being compliant with some standard and that there's no guarantee they'll play on all CD players. I haven't had any problems playing anything yet, but I'd be a little upset if I bought a CD that wouldn't play. I don't know of any store that would accept a return on an opened CD, unless it was physically damaged in which case they'd issue a replacement of the exact title.
There are a lot of rumors and reports about terrible copy protection in Vista, whether it's this or allowing only 'approved' monitors and the simplest solution is to switch to Linux. Unfortunately I still need Windows, and there's no way my wife would ever consider Linux at the moment so if copy protection gets too bad the best solution is to have a separate Linux box and do the rip/burn there. I can say for certain that I have no need to upgrade to Vista now, but when I do buy a new PC I'm sure it'll be on there.
My current setup would be a decent linux box, good enough for web browsing, listening to music, and ripping CDs. Then all I would need to do is set up a shared drive on the windows machine that I could access across my home network. Am I right to assume that Linux can read NTFS but not write?
but as much OVER the mandated fee as the market will bear
I like that one. How do they determine how much the market will bear?
Customer: "I think you're charging me too much in additional fees. I'd like you to lower those fees to the actual cost that you have to pay.
Verizon:No.
One way to 'let the market decide' is to switch to another carrier (if it's a cellphone at least) however since these fees aren't published there's no way of telling if the company you're switching to charges more!
I actually called Sprint's Customer Service to get an explanation of those fees to see how the rates are determined. I wanted some hard documented material that clearly defined what Sprint is charging to their customers. If they're government mandated fees, I would assume that Sprint would have the information that tells them how much they're required to collect. I repeatedly asked "You're charging me additional taxes and fees, and since they're mandated someone had to tell you how much to charge/collect. What are the rates?" and their response was "Sir, we don't have that information. You need to contact your local city/county/state government since they set those fees." I wasn't complaining about the fees, rather I just wanted some information about them - is it a flat fee or a percentage? How much? Why couldn't Sprint tell me what the rates are, even though they're collecting it from me?
I understand that. The point of my post was to highlight the possibility of Wal-Mart tacking on additonal surcharges to cover those fees. What's stopping them? They would increase their profits the same way the telecom companies do.
Why do the telecom companies separately add on their costs of doing business, while practically no other industry does this?
Car dealers get away with this practice too, sometimes charging a $100+ 'advertising fee' to cover the costs of regional advertising. I know they have to pay for advertising, but why don't they just include that among other costs of doing business in the overall price?
My understanding is that the law doesn't require Telecom companies to charge their customers hidden taxes and surcharges. The Telcos themselves are required to pay these taxes/fees/surcharges, but long ago they realized they could increase their profits by making customers pay separately for all those fees. What's scary is that they're allowed to get away with it, and to my knowledge no one is standing up against it.
Imagine if Wal-Mart decided they were going to tack on a $0.50 'electricity surcharge' to cover the cost of electricity they pay to light their store. Or what about a 'paper surcharge' to cover the cost of the paper your receipt was printed on?
The first thing I thought when I read the headline is WTF is Miami University of Oxford, OH? I thought it was one of those silly "buy your degree online" schools until I read more of the/. discussion and realized it is a real, legitimate college and to be honest I was surprised to see so many slashdot readers who have attended or at least know a lot about it.
That's nothing though - there's a California University of Pennsylvaia located in the wonderful town of California, Pennsylvania. It is a legitimate college, however the name is very misleading. They're neither California University nor the University of Pennsylvania.
I think the biggest joke has to be the University of Maryland University College. It's not named after a city in another state, but is it a University or a College? Is it affiliated with the University of Maryland? Why does 'University' appear twice in it's name?
"Where did you go to school?"
"I went to the Stanford College University of Arizona University College of Texas University College, in Montana"
I posted this to slashdot before, but I'll post it again. Anyone who was at Carnegie Mellon around 1999/2000 should remember an incident related to this. Some genious professor sent an email to all students in his class containing a list of their student IDs and corresponding grades for a recent exam. Those student ID numbers were the same numbers used for purchasing meals on the student meal plan, so some genius decided to call and order pizza from the local pizza joint (baked plastic on cardboard, otherwise known as Pizza Outlet), billing it to someone's student account using a random student ID number from the professor's list that was mailed out. He did this for a month or two until he was eventually caught by an employee at the pizza joint who actually asked to see his student ID that contained the number he used to order.
The problem here wasn't the use of a SSN for student IDs - any number could have been used. The problem is the professor shouldn't have emailed a list containing everyone's student ID number and grade and the pizza shop should have checked the ID of the person when the delivered the food.
By the way, I believe the professor was from the school of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS, otherwise known to Engineers and CS types as H and Less Stress).
I'm also a big fan of the 16 bit games. I don't own a GBA yet, but now that Nintendo released the sleek "NEW AND IMPROVED" version of it, I might have to pick one up.
I'm also not a big fan of most current PS2/XBOX games but there is one good disc that you must buy if you own a PS2: The Sega Classics collection. It has remakes of all the classic Genesis games, taking advantage of the PS2's hardware. Games on the disc include:
I think Virtual Boy's single biggest downside was the monochrome RED display. Other than that, I sort of liked it but couldn't afford it at the time. Hmm.. I'm going to see if I can pick up one on eBay right now.
I wonder why someone doesn't come out with a 3D COLOR portable handheld. Maybe something that has thin glasses with LCDs for each eye and a control box that clipped on your belt and a wireless (bluetooth?) controller? Perhaps this is what Nintendo has planned next - maybe the DS is just an 'experiment' with using/developing for two screens. That would take on the PSP and would certainly be a real 'revolution' in the game industry!
From what I understand, generating/animating 3D color graphics would be a bit challenging, but think of how much fun it would be to play 3D color (and possibly High Definition) games?
Even those brief moments where the powerglove did work, it was a Royal PITA to use. Even if it did work perfectly, your arm would be sore from keeping it stretched out so long. Has anyone else tried playing Super Mario Brothers with the power glove just for fun?
I can't see the pic of the revolution controller because I'm behind my company's fun filter, but if those rumors of it having a gyroscope are true then I don't see how it's going to be comfortable to use, at least for games that use/require the gyroscopic functions. I like to rest my hands when I'm playing a game.
What's the big deal about IE or Firefox having browser market share? Firefox is FREE. IE is practically free (in the sense that Windows would probably be the same price whether or not it came with IE). I can see them being concerned if they were trying to sell their software, but seriously why does market share matter to browser developers?
not to mention that in accidents, serious injuries would be compounded if the victims were covered in this "fuel"...
Doesn't gasoline and diesel fuel compount serious injuries if victims are covered with it?
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I only played the severly limited demo version at Target, but it would be really cool if you could pick up your dog's poop and fling it at the virtual person yelling at your for not picking it up.
Or how about a version with viscious pit bulls that you can sick on other helpless little dogs, or even on those people who yell at you for not cleaning up the poop? I wonder if there's a hidden "hot coffee" Nintendogs mod that has a virtual scene?
I'm not a big fan of having a real pet dog. I like playing with other peoples' dogs, but I don't want to take care of my own. I barely clean up after myself, and I don't want the responsibility of cleaning up after something that's almost as much of an animal as I am.
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It's too bad - I like the feel and the speed of Opera so far, but the one webpage that my wife absolutely must access does not render properly.
I don't know who to blame, but it's most likely the web developer's fault. I'm 99.9% certain the page was designed primarily for IE. There's one page on her company's website that has a drop down menu with about 50 choices. IE renders it fine, but in Firefox all 50 choices appear as text just before the drop down menu, though the drop down menu is still renders properly allowing me to choose an option. That little bug is tolerable, but not being able to access a menu is a problem.
Wouldn't macrovision have worked to prevent something from being copied using RCA outputs? Maybe my understanding of macrovision isn't so good.
Just make sure you decline when they offer their extended service plan or the magazine subscriptions.
I'm running 8.5 - I just downloaded it a few weeks ago when they were giving the free reg code away so Browser JavaScript should be enabled by default, right? I'm not sure if I can report this as a site problem since you can't get to the problematic page without logging in. Any other ideas? The menus are several words across the top of the screen and when you roll your mouse over, they expand to reveal more options. In Opera, all the menus are compressed into one small area and they're way off to the right of the screen.
I just don't get this statement. The employees are the ones who have access to all that information, why in the world would they need to go through the effort of using a card reader? Wouldn't it be a heck of a lot easier to have a notebook and pen, then look through the lists of all registered guests and copy the info you want?
It works fine in Firefox and IE, so I have no motivation to switch.
Silly news can be fun sometimes, but it can also get you into trouble.
What most expired artists do is eat off their investments. That's the same secret that anyone in big business does - when you come across a large amount of money, invest it properly and you can live like a king without having to work anymore. The thing is that most multi-millionaires, despite being financially secure, aren't satisfied and want to continue to make more money.
Unfortunately, some artists don't make such good investments.
BTW - Wikipedia is great. I never knew that MC Hammer signed on with Death Row Records!!! The label did not release any of Hammer's music while he was with them. However, Burrell did record music with Shakur. Their collaborative efforts are yet to be released.
I think most new CDs (at least the ones I've seen) have a little disclaimer that says something about them not being compliant with some standard and that there's no guarantee they'll play on all CD players. I haven't had any problems playing anything yet, but I'd be a little upset if I bought a CD that wouldn't play. I don't know of any store that would accept a return on an opened CD, unless it was physically damaged in which case they'd issue a replacement of the exact title.
There are a lot of rumors and reports about terrible copy protection in Vista, whether it's this or allowing only 'approved' monitors and the simplest solution is to switch to Linux. Unfortunately I still need Windows, and there's no way my wife would ever consider Linux at the moment so if copy protection gets too bad the best solution is to have a separate Linux box and do the rip/burn there. I can say for certain that I have no need to upgrade to Vista now, but when I do buy a new PC I'm sure it'll be on there.
My current setup would be a decent linux box, good enough for web browsing, listening to music, and ripping CDs. Then all I would need to do is set up a shared drive on the windows machine that I could access across my home network. Am I right to assume that Linux can read NTFS but not write?
The matrix is real.. We're currently living in Version 8.0 (beta). Just wait until version 10. That's when the architects will finally get it right.
When it's 5 degrees this January, I'll say the same thing I did last Winter. Global warming my ass!
I like that one. How do they determine how much the market will bear?
Customer: "I think you're charging me too much in additional fees. I'd like you to lower those fees to the actual cost that you have to pay.
Verizon: No.
One way to 'let the market decide' is to switch to another carrier (if it's a cellphone at least) however since these fees aren't published there's no way of telling if the company you're switching to charges more!
I actually called Sprint's Customer Service to get an explanation of those fees to see how the rates are determined. I wanted some hard documented material that clearly defined what Sprint is charging to their customers. If they're government mandated fees, I would assume that Sprint would have the information that tells them how much they're required to collect. I repeatedly asked "You're charging me additional taxes and fees, and since they're mandated someone had to tell you how much to charge/collect. What are the rates?" and their response was "Sir, we don't have that information. You need to contact your local city/county/state government since they set those fees." I wasn't complaining about the fees, rather I just wanted some information about them - is it a flat fee or a percentage? How much? Why couldn't Sprint tell me what the rates are, even though they're collecting it from me?
Why do the telecom companies separately add on their costs of doing business, while practically no other industry does this?
Car dealers get away with this practice too, sometimes charging a $100+ 'advertising fee' to cover the costs of regional advertising. I know they have to pay for advertising, but why don't they just include that among other costs of doing business in the overall price?
Imagine if Wal-Mart decided they were going to tack on a $0.50 'electricity surcharge' to cover the cost of electricity they pay to light their store. Or what about a 'paper surcharge' to cover the cost of the paper your receipt was printed on?
That's nothing though - there's a California University of Pennsylvaia located in the wonderful town of California, Pennsylvania. It is a legitimate college, however the name is very misleading. They're neither California University nor the University of Pennsylvania.
I think the biggest joke has to be the University of Maryland University College. It's not named after a city in another state, but is it a University or a College? Is it affiliated with the University of Maryland? Why does 'University' appear twice in it's name?
"Where did you go to school?"
"I went to the Stanford College University of Arizona University College of Texas University College, in Montana"
The problem here wasn't the use of a SSN for student IDs - any number could have been used. The problem is the professor shouldn't have emailed a list containing everyone's student ID number and grade and the pizza shop should have checked the ID of the person when the delivered the food.
By the way, I believe the professor was from the school of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS, otherwise known to Engineers and CS types as H and Less Stress).
I'm also not a big fan of most current PS2/XBOX games but there is one good disc that you must buy if you own a PS2: The Sega Classics collection. It has remakes of all the classic Genesis games, taking advantage of the PS2's hardware. Games on the disc include:
I wonder why someone doesn't come out with a 3D COLOR portable handheld. Maybe something that has thin glasses with LCDs for each eye and a control box that clipped on your belt and a wireless (bluetooth?) controller? Perhaps this is what Nintendo has planned next - maybe the DS is just an 'experiment' with using/developing for two screens. That would take on the PSP and would certainly be a real 'revolution' in the game industry!
From what I understand, generating/animating 3D color graphics would be a bit challenging, but think of how much fun it would be to play 3D color (and possibly High Definition) games?
I can't see the pic of the revolution controller because I'm behind my company's fun filter, but if those rumors of it having a gyroscope are true then I don't see how it's going to be comfortable to use, at least for games that use/require the gyroscopic functions. I like to rest my hands when I'm playing a game.
What's the big deal about IE or Firefox having browser market share? Firefox is FREE. IE is practically free (in the sense that Windows would probably be the same price whether or not it came with IE). I can see them being concerned if they were trying to sell their software, but seriously why does market share matter to browser developers?
Antarctica: A spam-free zone.
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Doesn't gasoline and diesel fuel compount serious injuries if victims are covered with it?
Or how about a version with viscious pit bulls that you can sick on other helpless little dogs, or even on those people who yell at you for not cleaning up the poop? I wonder if there's a hidden "hot coffee" Nintendogs mod that has a virtual scene?
I'm not a big fan of having a real pet dog. I like playing with other peoples' dogs, but I don't want to take care of my own. I barely clean up after myself, and I don't want the responsibility of cleaning up after something that's almost as much of an animal as I am.