Should Coca-Cola be allowed to pass its own products off as Pepsi, just because Pepsi has been around since 1903?
Since coke has been marketed so extensively that it's become a household name for cola, coke's trademark use should be revoked (by the society that granted it to them) now, when society needs to use the mark more widely. Especially since, in this case, there's a very similar (and arguably better) product struggling against a larger monopoly, because of that issue.
A browser that has the second (or third) engine as from another browser is no substitute for proper testing in a different browser. Browsers are much more than just engines. However, this sort if chimera IS a great way to get more bugs and vulnerabilities than a single engine would provide.
And apparently the "Post Anonymously" checkbox doesn't work....
Did you try "Posthumously"?
Well, I was reluctant to try this, and I should have gone with my instincts. I've just come back from the grave, having tried the "post anonymously" checkbox posthumously, as you suggested. Still doesn't work.
Actually, 139TB is redundant data from endless logs of previous emails being top-posted over. Come on... you didn't expect bush's administration to actually be able to quote properly and tell youtube spam from important government work, did you?
I would simply say that we have to acknowledge our limitations, be humble about the abilities we have, and accept that we're not infallible. No science, philosophy, religion... these are not exact, perfect things, which we can master. They are simply names for areas of human interest. Certainly, we should use our faculties. However, I would argue that humans are at their best when they balance and use all of their skills in harmony, without elevating any of them above the rest and denying the utility of the others. That way lies madness.
How about they stop with the silly DRM and/or geoip limitations, and let everyone use the service who wants the service. That way they might get more balanced recommendations from more than just a small part of the world's population.
There is no such thing as "proof" in science; only disproof. Also, there's nothing to say that our conception of maths isn't completely distorted by some aspect of the human mind which makes us convinced we're thinking correctly and getting the right answer when we're actually way off. In essence, any/all of us could be in a white padded cell right now, imagining all of this. In the end, it all comes down to faith.
Why would a small startup want to host its own videos when youtube will happily take the strain? The only reasons to do it yourself are a) high-availability, if you can really afford to set that up and really need it b) ego. Since most people don't actually care whether they get a video on youtube or direct from your site, b is mostly irrelevant here.
p.s.: I don't think "common" means what you think it means;)
It's a tad worse than the new world. No air and no food. Dust that will corrode anything. Poor mineral deposits. No open water. Basically, complete alien and inhospitable environment.
That was my first thought too --- that it's being scrapped because it's unpopular, but that it's unpopular because no one's heard of it.
In fact, it's windows-only (or at least, not cross-platform), so having just heard of it, I'm glad to forget it again. Maybe no one heard of it because no one thought it was worth mentioning.
Nothing is wrong with "M$", in the same sense that nothing is wrong with someone referring to Linux as "linsux" and open-source as "open-sores". The thing is, it tends to make you look somewhat immature.
Actually, I thought it was more immature to attack his usage when the meaning is clear enough, and when words and communication styles have been changing and adapting since the dawn of language.
OS X has a simple metaphor that exposes the underlying principles of computers in a way that average people can understand -- apps are files you drag from an archive to an HD to install for instance. That's the exact opposite of dumbing things down; it's making things clear. Windows, by contrast, hides the issues -- having programs you download actually be installers that download more files and install them to a non-obvious place, for instance. THIS is dumbing-down -- it leads to users that don't understand what they've just done, never mind how to solve problems. And don't get me started on how illogical having a "file" menu with an exit option is in a PC browser, or an anti-virus program. Macs make that app vs. file distinction much more sensible too.
How the hell does it take anyone 15 minutes to boot up their computer.
As others have said, loading anti-virus, logging onto a windows domain, connecting network drives, scanning the so-called "critical system files" etc. Welcome to the windows cost of ownership.
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Trident? So it's BSD-only then?
Since coke has been marketed so extensively that it's become a household name for cola, coke's trademark use should be revoked (by the society that granted it to them) now, when society needs to use the mark more widely. Especially since, in this case, there's a very similar (and arguably better) product struggling against a larger monopoly, because of that issue.
A browser that has the second (or third) engine as from another browser is no substitute for proper testing in a different browser. Browsers are much more than just engines. However, this sort if chimera IS a great way to get more bugs and vulnerabilities than a single engine would provide.
Well, I was reluctant to try this, and I should have gone with my instincts. I've just come back from the grave, having tried the "post anonymously" checkbox posthumously, as you suggested. Still doesn't work.
Any other bright ideas? ;)
All I get is lots of flashing lines for a really long time, and then a blue screen ;)
Less flow, less oxygen and less other nutrients (and therefore less life) in the water seem like obvious side-effects.
Actually, 139TB is redundant data from endless logs of previous emails being top-posted over. Come on... you didn't expect bush's administration to actually be able to quote properly and tell youtube spam from important government work, did you?
You've got IE to LOAD?
I would simply say that we have to acknowledge our limitations, be humble about the abilities we have, and accept that we're not infallible. No science, philosophy, religion... these are not exact, perfect things, which we can master. They are simply names for areas of human interest. Certainly, we should use our faculties. However, I would argue that humans are at their best when they balance and use all of their skills in harmony, without elevating any of them above the rest and denying the utility of the others. That way lies madness.
How about they stop with the silly DRM and/or geoip limitations, and let everyone use the service who wants the service. That way they might get more balanced recommendations from more than just a small part of the world's population.
Tip 1: not a good guy
Tip 2: not improving
There is no such thing as "proof" in science; only disproof. Also, there's nothing to say that our conception of maths isn't completely distorted by some aspect of the human mind which makes us convinced we're thinking correctly and getting the right answer when we're actually way off. In essence, any/all of us could be in a white padded cell right now, imagining all of this. In the end, it all comes down to faith.
Probably because he's a mature adult and isn't afraid to use words that carry some emotional weight as well as intellectual weight.
WHAT? Charles Bronson is going to Mars?
Hmm. Is this our insurance against hostile aliens or something?
Why would a small startup want to host its own videos when youtube will happily take the strain? The only reasons to do it yourself are a) high-availability, if you can really afford to set that up and really need it b) ego. Since most people don't actually care whether they get a video on youtube or direct from your site, b is mostly irrelevant here.
p.s.: I don't think "common" means what you think it means ;)
So... a republican convention then? ;)
Krell. Fabbers.
That's all I've got to say. Check wikipedia if you don't understand this.
That was my first thought too --- that it's being scrapped because it's unpopular, but that it's unpopular because no one's heard of it.
In fact, it's windows-only (or at least, not cross-platform), so having just heard of it, I'm glad to forget it again. Maybe no one heard of it because no one thought it was worth mentioning.
Actually, I thought it was more immature to attack his usage when the meaning is clear enough, and when words and communication styles have been changing and adapting since the dawn of language.
Language is defined by users of the language, not those who don't wish themselves or their products to gain a certain name.
Define ineffable.
With heart, you get an apocalypse involving tribbles.
MAC = Macintosh, Mandatory Access Control, Mandatory Access Control, Message Authentication Code, ad infinitum (almost)
Most things only have meaning in their context. "MAC" is one of the worst cases.
OS X has a simple metaphor that exposes the underlying principles of computers in a way that average people can understand -- apps are files you drag from an archive to an HD to install for instance. That's the exact opposite of dumbing things down; it's making things clear. Windows, by contrast, hides the issues -- having programs you download actually be installers that download more files and install them to a non-obvious place, for instance. THIS is dumbing-down -- it leads to users that don't understand what they've just done, never mind how to solve problems. And don't get me started on how illogical having a "file" menu with an exit option is in a PC browser, or an anti-virus program. Macs make that app vs. file distinction much more sensible too.
As others have said, loading anti-virus, logging onto a windows domain, connecting network drives, scanning the so-called "critical system files" etc. Welcome to the windows cost of ownership.