what does Opera have that I would really want in my Firefox?
The ability to innovate. Opera has defined many of today's "hot" browser features like mouse gestures and tabbed browsing. Firefox simply copied what's out there. I started using Opera back when it was in v3.something, precisely due to mouse gestures and tabbed browsing.
And Opera continues to innovate. It had the small-screen rendering years before MiniMo. Opera v8 has built-in voice support. Expect that to creep into FF in a few years and be touted as the next big thing since sliced bread.
When FF v1.0 came out, I took a week off of Opera, and used FF exclusively, just to see what the fuss was all about. I couldn't wait to get back to Opera. FF feels sluggish and less polished, and some of the extensions aren't really well done. Switching between the different tabs (using Ctrl-Tab) is seriously broken. In Opera, the switching order depends on the visiting order of the tabs. So, the last tab you were looking at will be brought to the front when you press Ctrl-Tab. That is similar to Alt-Tab in Windows and KDE/Gnome to switch between windows. In FF, it always goes by tab creation order. So, if two tabs are far apart, I can't switch between them quickly.
As for the ads, on a 19" LCD they are so inconspicuous (if you set them to the Google text ads) that I never notice them anymore. See for yourself. I don't even notice them on my older 15" LCD. And, they are completely absent in Full Screen mode (press F11). Plus, if you are not a subscribed Slashdotter, you have no right to complain:-P
Now, FF is a great product. It's leaps and years ahead of IE and other browsers. But, I think Opera is the better product.
I'll probably be modded down as a Troll, but I don't care. I'm telling the truth.
Both were replaced by large coins, making everybody's pockets MUCH heavier..
When I used to live in Canada, I had the habit of emptying my pockets every night, and depositing the change in a jar on top of my fridge. Every couple of months when it filled up, I'd take it to the bank and cash somewhere in the vicinity of $30-$50.
When the Toonie ($2 coin) was introduced, the value of my change jumped up to $70-$90!
(Opera may be better, I don't know, I never use it, I don't like the ads)
You don't seem to by a paid Slashdot subscriber (no asterisk next to your name). So why do you post on Slashdot if you don't like the ads?
Opera's ads are as unintrusive as it can get. They are constrained to a narrow horizontal band of width less than 100 pixels at the top of your window, and I don't even notice them anymore. There is nothing wrong with getting paid for your hard work.
The fact is that if you ignore the ad argument (which is fallacious) Opera beats FF hands down at pretty much everything.
since this will be an ad-free version, you won't have to worry about all those pop-up and other ads at all.
What pop-up ads? Opera's ads do not pop up. They are as inconspicuous as they can get, and limited to a narrow horizontal band at the top of the screen.
Plus, I don't see anybody complaining about Slashdot's ads. Subscribers (you know, people who pay money) don't see Slashdot's ads. Same thing with Opera.
All significant AOL users do. It stands for America Online.
Correct, but AOL has offices in multiple countries in different continents, and has millions of non-American, non-English speaking subscribers.
Relying on people who type in an obscure, unrecognizable language to camoflage your own encrypted transmissions is security through obscurity, with all the regular shortcomings thereof.
People who IM in different languages don't do that for the sake of security. I never said that was the case, nor did I mean to imply it. I simply said that many users use Latin-based alphabet to chat in different languages. Not everyone is good or comfortable with using English, so many fall back to their native tongue when chatting with friends who understand that language. No security intended (usually).
You seriously underestimate the abilities of human beings.
I'm well aware of the abilities of humans, as *gasp* I am one of them. But again, you misunderstood me. My reply was to a person who suggested automatic detection of encrypted messages via dictionary lookups. In that context, there is no way to distinguish encrypted messages from ones written in different languages using the Latin alphabet. Having said that, of couse I am aware that that is not an impossible problem to solve. You outline a possible solution, which can not be automated, so will be impractical for AOL to use (assuming they intend to). I'm sure you or others can come up with a more automated solution.
A simple dictionary lookup though is not enough.
Wouldn't it be as simple as doing a dictionary check on messages?
No, since not everyone IMs in English. Even speakers of non-Latin based languages often use the English alphabet in IMing (ex. Arabic and Hebrew). There is no way to distinguish these from an encrypted message.
Hmmm.. may I know why my post was modded as Troll? I didn't criticize any other languages, nor did I instigate a language war or flame anyone. As a long time Perl coder, I was just giving my opinions.
If I added a "+++" operator to C that increments by two then I now have at least three (obvious) ways to increment by two. Does that mean that I can now be more creative in C?
You give an extremely naive example. Even Perl doesn't allow you to do that;-)
But, consider this. Perl allows you to postfix your if() statements, like so:
wave() if $person_seen eq 'Paul';
This is much more naturally readable than:
if ($person_seen eq 'Paul') { wave() }
Similarly, you can use unless to make code easier to read:
buy_food() unless you_forgot_your_wallet();
This allows you to emphasize that buying food is the norm, and you would normally do it unless you forgot your wallet. The equivalent negative-if form does the exact same thing, but does not allow you to express your intent as well as this does.
This is the essence of TMTOWTDI. You don't HAVE to use alternate ways to do things if you don't want to. But it does help most of the time in conveying your intent when you wrote the code, which make it more maintainable.
Once I read someone comparing Perl to the human brain. The brain is a double-edged sword: it can compose the most pleasing melodies and most beautiful literature, but at the same time it can hatch evil plots of large-scale genocide and mass murder. Creativity has a dark side to it. Attempting to suppress that side will severly hinder the creative process. Same thing goes with Perl.
Every person is different, so what individual X did may not necessarily fit individual Y.
My advice is to find something you like. You're still young. Take your time and look around and find an area you really really want to pursue and go for it. Don't listen to what others say. If you're happy doing your job, you will excel in it, no matter what the nature of the job is. Only then can you make a difference.
Going for an MBA just for the sake of getting a higher salary is plain stupid, IMHO. Unless you really really want to manage, then don't do it. Else, you will be one among thousands in your shoes. You can't stand out of a crowd unless you believe in and enjoy what you do.
DR-DOS, née CP/M-86, was indeed owned by Canopy/SCO/Caldera for a time. They purchased it, like Unix, from Novell, who had previously bought Digital Research.
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The margins of this page are too narrow to fit my breakthrough ..
I lost this hope ages ago!
The ability to innovate. Opera has defined many of today's "hot" browser features like mouse gestures and tabbed browsing. Firefox simply copied what's out there. I started using Opera back when it was in v3.something, precisely due to mouse gestures and tabbed browsing.
And Opera continues to innovate. It had the small-screen rendering years before MiniMo. Opera v8 has built-in voice support. Expect that to creep into FF in a few years and be touted as the next big thing since sliced bread.
When FF v1.0 came out, I took a week off of Opera, and used FF exclusively, just to see what the fuss was all about. I couldn't wait to get back to Opera. FF feels sluggish and less polished, and some of the extensions aren't really well done. Switching between the different tabs (using Ctrl-Tab) is seriously broken. In Opera, the switching order depends on the visiting order of the tabs. So, the last tab you were looking at will be brought to the front when you press Ctrl-Tab. That is similar to Alt-Tab in Windows and KDE/Gnome to switch between windows. In FF, it always goes by tab creation order. So, if two tabs are far apart, I can't switch between them quickly.
As for the ads, on a 19" LCD they are so inconspicuous (if you set them to the Google text ads) that I never notice them anymore. See for yourself. I don't even notice them on my older 15" LCD. And, they are completely absent in Full Screen mode (press F11). Plus, if you are not a subscribed Slashdotter, you have no right to complain :-P
Now, FF is a great product. It's leaps and years ahead of IE and other browsers. But, I think Opera is the better product.
I'll probably be modded down as a Troll, but I don't care. I'm telling the truth.
When I used to live in Canada, I had the habit of emptying my pockets every night, and depositing the change in a jar on top of my fridge. Every couple of months when it filled up, I'd take it to the bank and cash somewhere in the vicinity of $30-$50.
When the Toonie ($2 coin) was introduced, the value of my change jumped up to $70-$90!
And, yes ... they are heavy!!
(Opera may be better, I don't know, I never use it, I don't like the ads)
You don't seem to by a paid Slashdot subscriber (no asterisk next to your name). So why do you post on Slashdot if you don't like the ads?
Opera's ads are as unintrusive as it can get. They are constrained to a narrow horizontal band of width less than 100 pixels at the top of your window, and I don't even notice them anymore. There is nothing wrong with getting paid for your hard work.
The fact is that if you ignore the ad argument (which is fallacious) Opera beats FF hands down at pretty much everything.
That was actually borrowed from Opera.
IMHO, Opera deserves much more respect than IE or even Firefox when it comes to browser innovation.
what's next? "The Google's Guide to the Galaxy"?
What pop-up ads? Opera's ads do not pop up. They are as inconspicuous as they can get, and limited to a narrow horizontal band at the top of the screen.
Plus, I don't see anybody complaining about Slashdot's ads. Subscribers (you know, people who pay money) don't see Slashdot's ads. Same thing with Opera.
Press shift-F11 and you'll see for yourself.
Possibly, but the title suggests otherwise.
Nice ... but can it run Linux?
So what do you suggest they do? It seems to me that no matter what their response is, someone will complain that it is not enough.
Too bad femail.com is taken.
Correct, but AOL has offices in multiple countries in different continents, and has millions of non-American, non-English speaking subscribers.
Relying on people who type in an obscure, unrecognizable language to camoflage your own encrypted transmissions is security through obscurity, with all the regular shortcomings thereof.
People who IM in different languages don't do that for the sake of security. I never said that was the case, nor did I mean to imply it. I simply said that many users use Latin-based alphabet to chat in different languages. Not everyone is good or comfortable with using English, so many fall back to their native tongue when chatting with friends who understand that language. No security intended (usually).
You seriously underestimate the abilities of human beings.
I'm well aware of the abilities of humans, as *gasp* I am one of them. But again, you misunderstood me. My reply was to a person who suggested automatic detection of encrypted messages via dictionary lookups. In that context, there is no way to distinguish encrypted messages from ones written in different languages using the Latin alphabet. Having said that, of couse I am aware that that is not an impossible problem to solve. You outline a possible solution, which can not be automated, so will be impractical for AOL to use (assuming they intend to). I'm sure you or others can come up with a more automated solution. A simple dictionary lookup though is not enough.
No, since not everyone IMs in English. Even speakers of non-Latin based languages often use the English alphabet in IMing (ex. Arabic and Hebrew). There is no way to distinguish these from an encrypted message.
No. Bill is Microsoft's Chief Software Architect .. whatever that means.
That's correct, but then everything is subjective. Python's strict use of white space is subjective; C's use of pointers is subjective; etc.
Different people have different experiences and expectations, so not all languages will appeal to everyone.
Hmmm .. may I know why my post was modded as Troll? I didn't criticize any other languages, nor did I instigate a language war or flame anyone. As a long time Perl coder, I was just giving my opinions.
You give an extremely naive example. Even Perl doesn't allow you to do that ;-)
But, consider this. Perl allows you to postfix your if() statements, like so:
This is much more naturally readable than:Similarly, you can use unless to make code easier to read:This allows you to emphasize that buying food is the norm, and you would normally do it unless you forgot your wallet. The equivalent negative-if form does the exact same thing, but does not allow you to express your intent as well as this does.This is the essence of TMTOWTDI. You don't HAVE to use alternate ways to do things if you don't want to. But it does help most of the time in conveying your intent when you wrote the code, which make it more maintainable.
Once I read someone comparing Perl to the human brain. The brain is a double-edged sword: it can compose the most pleasing melodies and most beautiful literature, but at the same time it can hatch evil plots of large-scale genocide and mass murder. Creativity has a dark side to it. Attempting to suppress that side will severly hinder the creative process. Same thing goes with Perl.
I think Larry got it right.
My advice is to find something you like. You're still young. Take your time and look around and find an area you really really want to pursue and go for it. Don't listen to what others say. If you're happy doing your job, you will excel in it, no matter what the nature of the job is. Only then can you make a difference.
Going for an MBA just for the sake of getting a higher salary is plain stupid, IMHO. Unless you really really want to manage, then don't do it. Else, you will be one among thousands in your shoes. You can't stand out of a crowd unless you believe in and enjoy what you do.
Ahh .. some things just never change!
Did they demo it? Or is it an empty box?
Did they mention a price range?
Perhaps you have taken a wrong turn. This is slashdot, and your idea doesn't make sense here.
Doesn't fit their criteria.
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First he worked for a company, then he founded it?