Well, evilness is relative. It has to do with ethics. If you believe that killing people is bad, then it is evil. If you believe you are performing a public service by killing people, then it is not.
I would in fact say that cancer is evil.
You could say that parasites are evil, judging from the fact that they take without giving, but from the view of the parasite, it wouldn't be. It's just trying to live.
Open-source is a basic type of communism where everybody "owns" the code (as with the GPL). Most people for some reason think of evil forces when they hear the word "communism," so I would advise not to use it in connection with open-source.
Off-topic, but about your sig. In the book(s) I have, Arthur says, "Ford, you're turning into an infinite number of penguins. Stop it." I know each version from different publishers are different, but I find that one more amusing. Meh.:)
Criminal: I'm going to rob your bank with this full face motorcycle helmet on so you are not able to identify me. Guard: I'm going to have to ask you to take off that helmet, sir. Criminal: But I'm trying to rob your bank! The helmet is part of my fool-proof plan, along with this gun I have, allowing me to threaten you into letting me enter. Guard: Sir, we do not allow you to enter with a helmet. Criminal: Damn... I'll have to try another bank.
Ah I wasn't trying to be a troll. I was at most trying to be mildly humorous for other people like me who don't understand it.
I know what a BBS is, but I don't quite understand how a satellite would use a BBS for messages. Also, I don't really read into the stories that much, so I didn't really know what RF was.
Thanks for taking the time to explain things. It makes more sense and I'm actually interested in it now.
very small footprint HT and stock rubber duck antenna in packet mode 1200 baud packet $45 TNC-X APRS for position reporting BBS for sharing messages homebuilt "J-pole" directional Yagi RF exposure make sure that your keplerian elements are up to date
When Linux, which is free, can run both Linux and Windows programs, supposedly without the worry of viruses, why would you want to use Windows, which only runs Windows programs, and get viruses while doing it? Linux Desktop versions are getting much easier to use. So much so that it makes more sense to use it rather than Windows.
Alas the fate of the one-button mouse in today's multibutton world. Who has time for intuitive, elegant design when there is so much clicking to do? Yes, who has time for making a good and easy-to-use UI when there's so many places to put buttons, menus, and images?
I thought Apple's idea was not to hide things in right-click menus, but to keep it all at the top so you can find it...?
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I meant to say Firefox at the end there.:S
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I agree.
Microsoft is clearly working hard to make sure that commercial software is worth the money, and is going to give the competitors a run for their money. Commercial software is not worth the money when there are free, better alternatives.
At the right of all tabs is a small tab that immediately opens a new tab. This would make more sense as a button immediately to the right of the X to close a tab. Yes it would make more sense, but that's still a bad spot. The best places would be to the left of the tabs like Mozilla, or as a button left of the back and forward buttons.
IE 7 proactively tries to protect the user from phishing. I think this is a bad idea. It promotes laziness. If they're on a phising site and it doesn't display a warning, it must be safe, right? No.
The navigation system in IE 7 shows that the web browser's most groundbreaking user interface paradigm is maturing. I don't know what the hell that means but breaking user expectations on how something works with something pointless like combining back and forward lists isn't a good idea.
The stop and refresh buttons are combined into a single button that is logically separate from back and forward. Again with the user expectations. Why the hell would it be that small and next to the location bar. If something the user doesn't want is loading and they want to stop it, they have to move the mouse to a small point in the middle of nowhere. There's no reason for changing it to that.
There are limited options for customizing the toolbar. You can not customize the navigation buttons and address bar; this is a good thing as it eliminates confusion. No it's not a good thing. There's absolutely nothing confusing about that. If a user wants to customize it they should be able to.
What the hell is with putting the main menus below the tabs? Users expect menus to be right below the title bar. It's like that with every program on Windows and Linux. Overall, the changes they made are a change for the worse. They have some additions/improvements like the search bar and things, but really it just looks like crap. If a user were to have a choice of Firefox or IE, I'm pretty sure they would choose IE.
I'm not tired of the sounds my computer makes at all. I don't call it noise since it's just like a small windy hum. You learn to ignore things like that. I don't hear it unless I think about it.
Slashdot Mirror
A search for www on Yahoo! yields 12.3 billion results.
What I always found interesting is that if you search for www on Google, it seems to bring up the most popular/visited websites on the Internet.
Well, evilness is relative. It has to do with ethics. If you believe that killing people is bad, then it is evil. If you believe you are performing a public service by killing people, then it is not.
I would in fact say that cancer is evil.
You could say that parasites are evil, judging from the fact that they take without giving, but from the view of the parasite, it wouldn't be. It's just trying to live.
Open-source is a basic type of communism where everybody "owns" the code (as with the GPL). Most people for some reason think of evil forces when they hear the word "communism," so I would advise not to use it in connection with open-source.
Off-topic, but about your sig. In the book(s) I have, Arthur says, "Ford, you're turning into an infinite number of penguins. Stop it." I know each version from different publishers are different, but I find that one more amusing. Meh. :)
http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frames_can_humans_s ee.htm
You can possibly see changes up to 300 frames per second. It all depends on the factors listed in that page.
I don't see anything on that page.
People make mistakes. People that write encyclopedias are not gods; they also make mistakes.
Read this, which is about a mistake the editors made in a dictionary.
This explains what EB got wrong and what WP got right, ironically featured on WP's site.
Criminal: I'm going to rob your bank with this full face motorcycle helmet on so you are not able to identify me.
Guard: I'm going to have to ask you to take off that helmet, sir.
Criminal: But I'm trying to rob your bank! The helmet is part of my fool-proof plan, along with this gun I have, allowing me to threaten you into letting me enter.
Guard: Sir, we do not allow you to enter with a helmet.
Criminal: Damn... I'll have to try another bank.
Ah I wasn't trying to be a troll. I was at most trying to be mildly humorous for other people like me who don't understand it.
I know what a BBS is, but I don't quite understand how a satellite would use a BBS for messages. Also, I don't really read into the stories that much, so I didn't really know what RF was.
Thanks for taking the time to explain things. It makes more sense and I'm actually interested in it now.
very small footprint
HT and stock rubber duck antenna
in packet mode
1200 baud packet
$45 TNC-X
APRS for position reporting
BBS for sharing messages
homebuilt "J-pole"
directional Yagi
RF exposure
make sure that your keplerian elements are up to date
Dude, I have no idea what any of that means.
The bold one's my favorite, though.
That's what I was thinking. Isn't N in German like the S in English?
There's no way you could have put it better.
Why would they put a non-breaking space anyway? There's no reason for it there.
I'd mod you up but I already posted. It's a fairly good question.
When Linux, which is free, can run both Linux and Windows programs, supposedly without the worry of viruses, why would you want to use Windows, which only runs Windows programs, and get viruses while doing it? Linux Desktop versions are getting much easier to use. So much so that it makes more sense to use it rather than Windows.
Alas the fate of the one-button mouse in today's multibutton world. Who has time for intuitive, elegant design when there is so much clicking to do?
Yes, who has time for making a good and easy-to-use UI when there's so many places to put buttons, menus, and images?
I thought Apple's idea was not to hide things in right-click menus, but to keep it all at the top so you can find it...?
I'm glad somebody noticed the very obvious Seinfeld reference to be made.
So what if it's hot, it has man hands.
I meant to say Firefox at the end there. :S
I agree.
Microsoft is clearly working hard to make sure that commercial software is worth the money, and is going to give the competitors a run for their money.
Commercial software is not worth the money when there are free, better alternatives.
At the right of all tabs is a small tab that immediately opens a new tab. This would make more sense as a button immediately to the right of the X to close a tab.
Yes it would make more sense, but that's still a bad spot. The best places would be to the left of the tabs like Mozilla, or as a button left of the back and forward buttons.
IE 7 proactively tries to protect the user from phishing.
I think this is a bad idea. It promotes laziness. If they're on a phising site and it doesn't display a warning, it must be safe, right? No.
The navigation system in IE 7 shows that the web browser's most groundbreaking user interface paradigm is maturing.
I don't know what the hell that means but breaking user expectations on how something works with something pointless like combining back and forward lists isn't a good idea.
The stop and refresh buttons are combined into a single button that is logically separate from back and forward.
Again with the user expectations. Why the hell would it be that small and next to the location bar. If something the user doesn't want is loading and they want to stop it, they have to move the mouse to a small point in the middle of nowhere. There's no reason for changing it to that.
There are limited options for customizing the toolbar. You can not customize the navigation buttons and address bar; this is a good thing as it eliminates confusion.
No it's not a good thing. There's absolutely nothing confusing about that. If a user wants to customize it they should be able to.
What the hell is with putting the main menus below the tabs? Users expect menus to be right below the title bar. It's like that with every program on Windows and Linux. Overall, the changes they made are a change for the worse. They have some additions/improvements like the search bar and things, but really it just looks like crap. If a user were to have a choice of Firefox or IE, I'm pretty sure they would choose IE.
I'm not tired of the sounds my computer makes at all. I don't call it noise since it's just like a small windy hum. You learn to ignore things like that. I don't hear it unless I think about it.
That's my point. It shouldn't rely on operating system features.
Why are the two posts above me modded funny? o_0
With software patents it almost IS possible to have a monopoly in the software world.
That's what happens when it's tied into the operating system. If it was a self-contained browser it wouldn't be that difficult to backport.