I dont know how, but someone is going to figure out a way to send a huge amount of current over the line and blow someone's computer out of their wall.
I'm sure that once M$ maps out how their program works, other distributions like BT++ and Azureus will be all over it, implementing it in their own programs. If anything, M$ will have the advantage for about a month after it's beta release.
Ok, so you have the people who keep copies of FF on thumbdrives, web servers, etc. You also have people who download full versions just for upgrading. I say one pretty much cancels the other out, so it's not something you really have to worry about.
Besides that, 50 million downloads ALONE shows that the browser is beginning to catch on. The general public will see it as friends pass it to friends. Just because some people haven't heard of it yet doesn't mean it's a failure, it just means it has further to spread. So if you believe in it, then do your part.
There are advantages to having both Yahoo and GMail. Personally, I have accounts with both services. I use Yahoo primarily for signing up for forums, sites; basically anything that would give me spam. When it comes to mail I actually want to read, I head straight for GMail. I have the GMail notifier set up to tell me when new mail is in my inbox, and I have configured Thunderbird to pick up all of my mail for me. There's really not much of a better setup, as far as mail goes. If I need a file stored, I get off my lazy ass and email it to myself, rather than sticking in in Yahoo Briefcase, because frankly I don't like having everything spoon fed to me.
Messages I send do not have advertisements appended to them, I don't have to dodge banners to read my mail, and my spam filter has caught every piece to date. Oh, having POP3 without having to install third-party software is nice too.
That being said, Yahoo offers an incredibly easy interface, and anyone using it that feels challenged by it will probably not need the 250 MBs of storage, let along a gig. Yahoo is for the technologically retarded, and fatcat techie wannabes.
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It'll burn up in atmosphere and whatever's left will be no bigger than a Chihuahua's head.
10 PRINT "This is teh funny"
20 PRINT "Mod this up."
30 GOTO 10
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I dont know how, but someone is going to figure out a way to send a huge amount of current over the line and blow someone's computer out of their wall.
:-D
I, for one, am looking forward to it
"For our second test, one of us held on to the iPod, jogged about 20 feet" ...which is the average distance a nerd can jog
Here's the extent of the patent.[patft.uspto.gov]
I'm sure that once M$ maps out how their program works, other distributions like BT++ and Azureus will be all over it, implementing it in their own programs. If anything, M$ will have the advantage for about a month after it's beta release.
Ok, so you have the people who keep copies of FF on thumbdrives, web servers, etc. You also have people who download full versions just for upgrading. I say one pretty much cancels the other out, so it's not something you really have to worry about. Besides that, 50 million downloads ALONE shows that the browser is beginning to catch on. The general public will see it as friends pass it to friends. Just because some people haven't heard of it yet doesn't mean it's a failure, it just means it has further to spread. So if you believe in it, then do your part.
There are advantages to having both Yahoo and GMail. Personally, I have accounts with both services. I use Yahoo primarily for signing up for forums, sites; basically anything that would give me spam. When it comes to mail I actually want to read, I head straight for GMail. I have the GMail notifier set up to tell me when new mail is in my inbox, and I have configured Thunderbird to pick up all of my mail for me. There's really not much of a better setup, as far as mail goes. If I need a file stored, I get off my lazy ass and email it to myself, rather than sticking in in Yahoo Briefcase, because frankly I don't like having everything spoon fed to me. Messages I send do not have advertisements appended to them, I don't have to dodge banners to read my mail, and my spam filter has caught every piece to date. Oh, having POP3 without having to install third-party software is nice too. That being said, Yahoo offers an incredibly easy interface, and anyone using it that feels challenged by it will probably not need the 250 MBs of storage, let along a gig. Yahoo is for the technologically retarded, and fatcat techie wannabes.
It looks like they used it to make that half assed flash animation. I'll buy one for my boss ;-)