To my mind, they will be compulsory because there is a sizeable majority of people who have passports and therefore will be obliged to join this 'Big Brother' scheme. This now makes it more difficult for those such as myself that can't wait to emigrate and leave this country that now truly deserves the name 'rip-off Britain'!
Hitler was able to shrug these things aside when it suited him. I mean, you've only got to look at the guy to see that he didn't fit into the Nazi ideal of an Aryan race!
This kind of thing has been discussed before but it seems that 'packs' such as you mension aren't coming any time soon because of the performance hit that you inevitably take from having so many extensions installed. Besides, the whole point of extensions is complete customisability and the freedom to mix and match extensions to your heart's content and exactly to your wishes.
No, I don't think you are alone. In fact many people were concerned at the time when Ben Goodger was landing the patch that changed the options window that Firefox was becoming too bloated.
Inevitably, with the all-encompassing userbase of Firefox, discipline is needed by the lead developers especially in ensuring that Firefox sticks to its roots and does not make the mistake of adding unnecessary features that can quite easily be added by extensions. Admittedly, some new features such as the automatic updater that will be with us by Firefox 1.1 are very useful while at the same time being 'cool'. This will make it easier for dialup users to receive hte latest patches and have them installed without having to go through the hassle of downloading the entire program again.
The Mozilla Suite, to its cost, did become too feature-full and as such was too much of an 'all things to all men' piece of software, never really gaining that much widespread popularity. There is real opportunity with Firefox but we ultimately must not alienate its main fans!
"The Safari migrator will not be importing passwords for 1.1. For 1.5 we will utilize the Keychain for password storage and provide a simple migration solution."
I personally do not feel particularly comfortable if I go to bed at night knowing I've done nothing worthwhile during the day!
Homework and private study is a necessary discipline, I think that gives you independence and ultimately prepares you for the real world. Of course everybody is different, but I learn best where I am finding things out for myself, trying new things and methods and figuring out what works and what doesn't by myself. It's all very well sitting in a classroom all day but when it comes to exams and/or the real world and you are unable to live up to expectations placed upon you, you'll be kicking yourself for not bothering to do the homework.
I have to admit, I do now find Ubuntu to be a better bet for the average desktop Linux user these days as you get most of the benefits of the Debian core, adapted to a desktop environment and very user friendly.
You also have a guaranteed release cycle of every 6 months with regular synchronisations with Debian builds as well!
I agree. Going out is a social occasion and therefore you want to be able to talk to your companions, not be immersed in a game of Space Invaders or the like. If you want to play computer games with them, invite them to your house to play on your PS2 or have a LAN Party!
I think their changes were implemented from Saturday morning and all they did was to increase the tilt and therefore give Scotland and the north of England more prominence. They have already said that they are not changing the colour, despite public opinion being overwhelmingly in favour of doing so!
BBC News said: The forecasts show land in different shades of brown, depending on the outlook, with rain appearing as splodges of blue.
Mr Lane said: "Although there have been some comments about the colour of the map, it is a key part of the new system and helps us to show detailed weather conditions to be shown over it."
As far as I know, the BBC have just decided to use this murky brown colour because they feel like it and, as has become the norm with the organisation, have decided to ignore public opinion and carry on as they please. They seem to forget that they are a public corporation and it is the British public that ultimately keeps them ticking over!
England's "green and pleasant land" is now a horrible muddy brown colour with varying shades according to whether the area is covered by cloud or clear skies. There are now no clear symbols for wind and the animation for frost and ice looks deceivingly like snow.
Yet another BBC gimic to pretend that they are modernising!
Then it'd be like slipping into quicksand here on Earth! Perhaps it should take it's own carabena and attach it to a fixed point so it can tow itself out?!
I'll certainly be getting one of their accounts, in addition to my Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail accounts. So far, I have a Yahoo account forwarding to my Gmail account so that I get the combined effectiveness of both the Yahoo and Gmail spamfilters. There can be no harm in trying a new service and having so many email accounts like this, because they are all free services so you have no initial outlay on them!
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To my mind, they will be compulsory because there is a sizeable majority of people who have passports and therefore will be obliged to join this 'Big Brother' scheme. This now makes it more difficult for those such as myself that can't wait to emigrate and leave this country that now truly deserves the name 'rip-off Britain'!
Oh my god, hell has actually frozen over today!
I don't know about Slashdotting it but whatever it is, that site is taking a hell of a long time to load!
Hitler was able to shrug these things aside when it suited him. I mean, you've only got to look at the guy to see that he didn't fit into the Nazi ideal of an Aryan race!
This kind of thing has been discussed before but it seems that 'packs' such as you mension aren't coming any time soon because of the performance hit that you inevitably take from having so many extensions installed. Besides, the whole point of extensions is complete customisability and the freedom to mix and match extensions to your heart's content and exactly to your wishes.
No, I don't think you are alone. In fact many people were concerned at the time when Ben Goodger was landing the patch that changed the options window that Firefox was becoming too bloated.
Inevitably, with the all-encompassing userbase of Firefox, discipline is needed by the lead developers especially in ensuring that Firefox sticks to its roots and does not make the mistake of adding unnecessary features that can quite easily be added by extensions. Admittedly, some new features such as the automatic updater that will be with us by Firefox 1.1 are very useful while at the same time being 'cool'. This will make it easier for dialup users to receive hte latest patches and have them installed without having to go through the hassle of downloading the entire program again.
The Mozilla Suite, to its cost, did become too feature-full and as such was too much of an 'all things to all men' piece of software, never really gaining that much widespread popularity. There is real opportunity with Firefox but we ultimately must not alienate its main fans!
It's coming, but not until Firefox 1.5 (http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox:1.1_Mac_Migrators ).
"The Safari migrator will not be importing passwords for 1.1. For 1.5 we will utilize the Keychain for password storage and provide a simple migration solution."
I personally do not feel particularly comfortable if I go to bed at night knowing I've done nothing worthwhile during the day!
Homework and private study is a necessary discipline, I think that gives you independence and ultimately prepares you for the real world. Of course everybody is different, but I learn best where I am finding things out for myself, trying new things and methods and figuring out what works and what doesn't by myself. It's all very well sitting in a classroom all day but when it comes to exams and/or the real world and you are unable to live up to expectations placed upon you, you'll be kicking yourself for not bothering to do the homework.
I have to admit, I do now find Ubuntu to be a better bet for the average desktop Linux user these days as you get most of the benefits of the Debian core, adapted to a desktop environment and very user friendly.
You also have a guaranteed release cycle of every 6 months with regular synchronisations with Debian builds as well!
I wonder what software it runs and what happens if it crashes!? Could be rather painful!
I agree. Going out is a social occasion and therefore you want to be able to talk to your companions, not be immersed in a game of Space Invaders or the like. If you want to play computer games with them, invite them to your house to play on your PS2 or have a LAN Party!
Microsoft: "Who needs standards when you can just invent your own?!"
I think their changes were implemented from Saturday morning and all they did was to increase the tilt and therefore give Scotland and the north of England more prominence. They have already said that they are not changing the colour, despite public opinion being overwhelmingly in favour of doing so!
BBC News said: The forecasts show land in different shades of brown, depending on the outlook, with rain appearing as splodges of blue.
Mr Lane said: "Although there have been some comments about the colour of the map, it is a key part of the new system and helps us to show detailed weather conditions to be shown over it."
As far as I know, the BBC have just decided to use this murky brown colour because they feel like it and, as has become the norm with the organisation, have decided to ignore public opinion and carry on as they please. They seem to forget that they are a public corporation and it is the British public that ultimately keeps them ticking over!
England's "green and pleasant land" is now a horrible muddy brown colour with varying shades according to whether the area is covered by cloud or clear skies. There are now no clear symbols for wind and the animation for frost and ice looks deceivingly like snow.
Yet another BBC gimic to pretend that they are modernising!
Can't we just introduce a World ID Card system - or would that mean us rich countries having to give too much of our technology to the third world?
It doesn't matter. http://www.netdimes.org/ is back up :)
Not the client download, unfortunately :(
Then it'd be like slipping into quicksand here on Earth! Perhaps it should take it's own carabena and attach it to a fixed point so it can tow itself out?!
I'll certainly be getting one of their accounts, in addition to my Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail accounts. So far, I have a Yahoo account forwarding to my Gmail account so that I get the combined effectiveness of both the Yahoo and Gmail spamfilters. There can be no harm in trying a new service and having so many email accounts like this, because they are all free services so you have no initial outlay on them!
It's also been mentioned once before on Slashdot. Why is there a need to repeat it when it's already been discussed at great length yesterday?!