I don't have a problem with sites that use JavaScript to do neat things, but it's dangerous to rely so heavily on it. I have used "web 2.0" sites that did an all JavaScript search on a single page.. After doing a few searches, I wanted to go back through my search history but pressing the back button took me to a completely different site (the one I was viewing before it.) Things can get like that if designers get too comfortable with their neat interface and can break a lot of things. Like, bookmarking the current page always takes you back to the site's "home page." The same thing happens with sites that present themselves only using Flash. Those are a pain to navigate and return to.
This site requires JavaScript to be enabled to work. I don't usually complain about that, but every other search engine (including Google) that I've ever used works just fine without it enabled.
Comparison with Windows XP. I do actually find applications making various sounds useful, because it means I don't have to keep checking or stare at them to check for significant events. There are a lot of sounds in Vista that, by comparison, seem like they're trying to "hide" from the user. Some of them are much less noticeable. In particular, I noticed that the "battery low" and "battery critical" sounds were pretty generic and surprisingly upbeat.
I wouldn't welcome anything bad like that. Who is it going to help, really? It's just going to screw a lot of people and maybe it will get better some day. Not like everyone's (or most people) are just going to switch to Linux or OS X.
DDR SDRAM is still way too expensive. $100 for 1 GiB of it doesn't seem to bad if you're comparing it to the past prices of basically the same thing, but I would have thought that it would have been a bit cheaper already.
These sorts of problems seem to happen frequently with IE. Making a default white list to add to "trusted sites" is just a band aid. Microsoft could solve the problem by fixing the holes in the browser that let such exploits through. If IE7 is any indication though, I'd be surprised if MS was interested in actually fixing it at this point.
Yeah, the heatsink's pretty hot being able to cook an egg and everything. Wonder if they bothered to watch the video before posting it, because it's really hard to read black text on a dark background.
Haha. I guess you haven't been following IE7's development, because they put the menu bar under the tabs a while ago. I think it's stupid too, but it's not like I actually want to use Internet Explorer.
If you're using a 3rd party firewall for Windows, I would suggest Sygate's old personal firewall (before Symantec bought it.) Get it here. It's reasonably up to date, and works fine with the latest Windows OSes, and it should give you the same amount of control that Kerio does.
I wouldn't complain about that. There are a lot of examples of applications on other OSes that don't use standard controls to build their interface. Besides, I like UIs that at least look interesting. This is the reason that I'm still using Winamp instead of Foobar2000.
I have not had any problems with 2.0 or 1.5 either. It just seems like I'm the only one, because a lot of other people (plus one of my friends) keep complaining about it. I suspect these people also have a bunch of extensions. (I only use a few.)
I can see that there were some "good intentions" to protect children or whatever the case might have been, but if you've seen most web sites with a COPA agreement (phpBB in particular), as a registering user, you have two choices:
"I am under 13"
"I am 13 or older."
Ok great! Now only the honest kids will be prevented from signing up to most forums. It's about as ridiculous as the "YES, I'm 18 or older" on adult pr0n sites.
It would seem as if COPA is only protecting the site operators in the event that something bad DOES happen to young childern. These kids can still get themselves into trouble if they want. I guess some people think that the fancy agreement is somehow significant (as seen in EULAs.)
Yeah, funny and everything, but those were my best option at work since I have a problem blocking out background noises. They make my ears hurt after you wear them for long enough.. But at least they won't damage your hearing like wearing noise canceling headphones and listening to music for most of the day.
I don't know what the problem is. The WTFPL is pretty straight forward:
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar 22 rue de Plaisance, 75014 Paris, France Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
When free means completely free!
I wouldn't be too concerned about the name if the software does something useful
Oops, wrong numbers. 34 minutes of video with lossless compression (704x480, 29.97 FPS, still YV12 with ffvhuff): almost 14GiB (results will vary.) Same thing without compression: 506880 bytes/frame * 61140 frames = 30990643200 bytes = ~28.86GiB. Quite a difference. Didn't get this right the first time because I was in a hurry.
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Ha, that would be funny to see someone like president Bush speaking in New Zealand..
"Global warming does not exist!"
(Iceberg floats by in background)
640 addressable bytes of memory should be enough for anyone....
At least people won't confuse the XBOX 360 with a Panini Iron. Or a grill.
I don't have a problem with sites that use JavaScript to do neat things, but it's dangerous to rely so heavily on it. I have used "web 2.0" sites that did an all JavaScript search on a single page.. After doing a few searches, I wanted to go back through my search history but pressing the back button took me to a completely different site (the one I was viewing before it.) Things can get like that if designers get too comfortable with their neat interface and can break a lot of things. Like, bookmarking the current page always takes you back to the site's "home page." The same thing happens with sites that present themselves only using Flash. Those are a pain to navigate and return to.
This site requires JavaScript to be enabled to work. I don't usually complain about that, but every other search engine (including Google) that I've ever used works just fine without it enabled.
Comparison with Windows XP. I do actually find applications making various sounds useful, because it means I don't have to keep checking or stare at them to check for significant events. There are a lot of sounds in Vista that, by comparison, seem like they're trying to "hide" from the user. Some of them are much less noticeable. In particular, I noticed that the "battery low" and "battery critical" sounds were pretty generic and surprisingly upbeat.
I wouldn't welcome anything bad like that. Who is it going to help, really? It's just going to screw a lot of people and maybe it will get better some day. Not like everyone's (or most people) are just going to switch to Linux or OS X.
I got a red Walkman when I was pretty young. I remember having to put tape over the battery compartment. So, no, I think it has been destroyed.
DDR SDRAM is still way too expensive. $100 for 1 GiB of it doesn't seem to bad if you're comparing it to the past prices of basically the same thing, but I would have thought that it would have been a bit cheaper already.
It might be more like Win XP's thinking: "Any unused RAM is wasted RAM, unless it's the last few hundred megabytes. Oh, and have fun swapping. A lot."
P.S. I usually use Win XP. I wish it had some sort of "swappiness" setting like Linux does.
They "CUDA" come up with a better acronym.
"No Two Patents" are not involved in litigation. Awww..
Wouldn't it be better to have employees sign a contract regarding conduct similar to how some already sign NDAs.
NPA stands for "Not Particularly Accurate"?
These sorts of problems seem to happen frequently with IE. Making a default white list to add to "trusted sites" is just a band aid. Microsoft could solve the problem by fixing the holes in the browser that let such exploits through. If IE7 is any indication though, I'd be surprised if MS was interested in actually fixing it at this point.
Yeah, the heatsink's pretty hot being able to cook an egg and everything. Wonder if they bothered to watch the video before posting it, because it's really hard to read black text on a dark background.
Haha. I guess you haven't been following IE7's development, because they put the menu bar under the tabs a while ago. I think it's stupid too, but it's not like I actually want to use Internet Explorer.
If you're using a 3rd party firewall for Windows, I would suggest Sygate's old personal firewall (before Symantec bought it.) Get it here. It's reasonably up to date, and works fine with the latest Windows OSes, and it should give you the same amount of control that Kerio does.
I wouldn't complain about that. There are a lot of examples of applications on other OSes that don't use standard controls to build their interface. Besides, I like UIs that at least look interesting. This is the reason that I'm still using Winamp instead of Foobar2000.
I have not had any problems with 2.0 or 1.5 either. It just seems like I'm the only one, because a lot of other people (plus one of my friends) keep complaining about it. I suspect these people also have a bunch of extensions. (I only use a few.)
"I am under 13"
"I am 13 or older."
Ok great! Now only the honest kids will be prevented from signing up to most forums. It's about as ridiculous as the "YES, I'm 18 or older" on adult pr0n sites.
It would seem as if COPA is only protecting the site operators in the event that something bad DOES happen to young childern. These kids can still get themselves into trouble if they want. I guess some people think that the fancy agreement is somehow significant (as seen in EULAs.)
Yeah, funny and everything, but those were my best option at work since I have a problem blocking out background noises. They make my ears hurt after you wear them for long enough.. But at least they won't damage your hearing like wearing noise canceling headphones and listening to music for most of the day.
It's cheap compared to the "other" price for Photoshop
When free means completely free!
I wouldn't be too concerned about the name if the software does something useful
Oops, wrong numbers. 34 minutes of video with lossless compression (704x480, 29.97 FPS, still YV12 with ffvhuff): almost 14GiB (results will vary.) Same thing without compression: 506880 bytes/frame * 61140 frames = 30990643200 bytes = ~28.86GiB. Quite a difference. Didn't get this right the first time because I was in a hurry.