The reason there is such a thing as IE-only functionality is the fact that one powerful company wants to break the open platform and force people onto theirs, in order to fill their own pockets. This is not something I wish to support in the least, so I don't create, use or promote any web-based things that require IE.
Wtf uses telnet anymore, unless they're dealing with the most legacy of legacy crap.
I'll bet more of the IT-based Slashdotters than would like to admit are forced to support, or at least deal with, the most legacy of legacy crap now and then.
The photos were interesting, but the fawning, gushing text reads like a press release to Nickelodeon Magazine. Sure, it's an impressive setup.. but I could do without quite so much "gee golly whillikers" from a site called "TrustedReviews."
I'd hate to see the review that ends up on "SlightlySuspectedOfBeingShillReviews..."
The law's supporters say it is needed to prevent terrorists and illegal immigrants from getting fake identification cards.
Because we all know it's completely and totally impossible for a terrorist or illegal immigrant to have actual IDs from the DMV in their pockets, right?
A clunky suite of software to emulate a phone, fax, and answering machine through a voice modem came with my first Pentium computer in 1995. It used the mic and speakers, and was surprisingly good for what it was. I think it stored messages in the cranky old.voc format, and of course each fax received was a huge TIFF.
I was an early adopter of Flickr, and really liked it. The concept, the interface, the community, it was all great for my purposes. However, I really don't like today's Yahoo, either as a service provider, or as a company. This is for a multitude of reasons, most of which have been repeated ad nauseum here on/. and elsewhere.
When Yahoo bought Flickr I didn't immediately jump ship. I did like the service, and it didn't seem that Yahoo had messed with things all that much. They seemed to be staying in the background of their acquisition for once and let it continue being what it was good for, rather than immediately poking around and screwing things up beyond recognition and destroying whatever it was that made the "little guys" it purchases successful in the first place (cf. Webring, Egroups, Geocities, etc.) This move, however, was the last straw which dissolved my final bit of loyalty to Flickr. Zap goes my account, and the two months of paid time I had left on it.
Flickr was fun while it lasted, but on the bright side that was the motivation I needed to quit being such a lazy bastard and shove a Gallery script into the next overhaul of my website, and upload the better stuff to Wikimedia Commons while I'm at it.
Before I deleted it, my pro account cost me $25 per year. Not a lot, but not a freebie either.
As an interesting aside, I had to merge a Yahoo ID with my Flickr account before it would let me sign in to delete my Flickr account over the issue of forcing me to merge a Yahoo ID with my Flickr account. Fun!
A friend of mine is a GP, and he is pretty sick and tired of his patients asking him about whatever drug was last advertised while they were watching Oprah and therefore extra suggestible. His standard response is something like "If you want the professional medical opinion of your television, visit it instead of me. You're not buying dishwashing liquid here."
A joint statement has been released by several hundred MLB players in which they profusely apologize to the public, as they've only just learned how tedious baseball is to watch.
I know there are some scifi nuts of a certain age around here.. anyone else watch "V" back in the 1980s?
Interesting show. There are these aliens who land and ingratiate themselves with humanity. They seem friendly, wise, and charismatic, but they're really planning to take over the world. In the course of this they spread lots of FUD about scientists (who are of course the ones most likely to discover the truth about them) to the point where scientists the world over are discredited, and ultimately persecuted by humanity just for being scientists.
Science fiction, eh? Where do they come up with this ker-ray-zee stuff?
Maybe I'm missing something, but TFA doesn't make it at all clear whether they're planning on selling these downloads, or just giving them away. Any info?
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I don't feel like buying the magazine, anyone have a .torrent?
The reason there is such a thing as IE-only functionality is the fact that one powerful company wants to break the open platform and force people onto theirs, in order to fill their own pockets. This is not something I wish to support in the least, so I don't create, use or promote any web-based things that require IE.
I knew there was a reason we get along.
It's the History Eraser Button, you fool!!!
I like this reply a lot. :-D
The photos were interesting, but the fawning, gushing text reads like a press release to Nickelodeon Magazine. Sure, it's an impressive setup.. but I could do without quite so much "gee golly whillikers" from a site called "TrustedReviews."
I'd hate to see the review that ends up on "SlightlySuspectedOfBeingShillReviews..."
Can you.. you know... go in it?
We've broken Space.
I guess we'll just have to go back to throwing our crap exclusively into the air and oceans. Last one to the beach with a six-pack is a rotten egg!
Cue the swarms of "butbutbut their miserably tiny list didn't have my games! WTF???"
Here's a starter.. they mention two Quake games, but no Doom. WTF???
One other thing I seem to have missed is the fact that there is such a thing as "The John Lennon Bus."
If I ever get assassinated by a crazed fan I'll be lucky to get a pair of rusty skates named after me.
And upon rereading that I realize what you were really talking about. Please pardon my boneheadedness. Effing Monday mornings..
A clunky suite of software to emulate a phone, fax, and answering machine through a voice modem came with my first Pentium computer in 1995. It used the mic and speakers, and was surprisingly good for what it was. I think it stored messages in the cranky old .voc format, and of course each fax received was a huge TIFF.
I was an early adopter of Flickr, and really liked it. The concept, the interface, the community, it was all great for my purposes. However, I really don't like today's Yahoo, either as a service provider, or as a company. This is for a multitude of reasons, most of which have been repeated ad nauseum here on /. and elsewhere.
When Yahoo bought Flickr I didn't immediately jump ship. I did like the service, and it didn't seem that Yahoo had messed with things all that much. They seemed to be staying in the background of their acquisition for once and let it continue being what it was good for, rather than immediately poking around and screwing things up beyond recognition and destroying whatever it was that made the "little guys" it purchases successful in the first place (cf. Webring, Egroups, Geocities, etc.) This move, however, was the last straw which dissolved my final bit of loyalty to Flickr. Zap goes my account, and the two months of paid time I had left on it.
Flickr was fun while it lasted, but on the bright side that was the motivation I needed to quit being such a lazy bastard and shove a Gallery script into the next overhaul of my website, and upload the better stuff to Wikimedia Commons while I'm at it.
Before I deleted it, my pro account cost me $25 per year. Not a lot, but not a freebie either.
As an interesting aside, I had to merge a Yahoo ID with my Flickr account before it would let me sign in to delete my Flickr account over the issue of forcing me to merge a Yahoo ID with my Flickr account. Fun!
I liked Flickr, but I hate Yahoo. It seems this couldn't be more perfect for me if it tried.
A friend of mine is a GP, and he is pretty sick and tired of his patients asking him about whatever drug was last advertised while they were watching Oprah and therefore extra suggestible. His standard response is something like "If you want the professional medical opinion of your television, visit it instead of me. You're not buying dishwashing liquid here."
A joint statement has been released by several hundred MLB players in which they profusely apologize to the public, as they've only just learned how tedious baseball is to watch.
I've got some leftover pasta in the fridge. They'll never DRM that, because it's open-sauce.
I know there are some scifi nuts of a certain age around here.. anyone else watch "V" back in the 1980s?
Interesting show. There are these aliens who land and ingratiate themselves with humanity. They seem friendly, wise, and charismatic, but they're really planning to take over the world. In the course of this they spread lots of FUD about scientists (who are of course the ones most likely to discover the truth about them) to the point where scientists the world over are discredited, and ultimately persecuted by humanity just for being scientists.
Science fiction, eh? Where do they come up with this ker-ray-zee stuff?
Maybe I'm missing something, but TFA doesn't make it at all clear whether they're planning on selling these downloads, or just giving them away. Any info?