Well, if you want to compare with numbers from a rival company: Opera 8.x had 13 flaws, 3 highly severe, 0 extremely severe; Firefox 1.x had 27 flaws, 7 highly severe, 1 extremely severe; MS IE 6.x had 77 flaws, 22 highly severe, 11 extremely severe. It's still not apples to apples. (Time periods aren't the same, etc.)
I think the more important thing to note: all of the Opera flaws (to date) are fixed, there are still 2 open in FireFox, and 23 open in MS IE 6.x.
Technically, this is a weekly build.
(Windows Build 8265, Macintosh Build 3264, UNIX Build 145)
"The Weekly Builds are snapshots, they are not as thoroughly tested as a Technology Preview or a Public Beta. You should only use these builds if you are not afraid of losing data (e-mail, bookmarks, anything) or crashing your computer." - Opera Desktop Team
I don't know what the original complaint was with respect to compatibility. My browser is Opera, and the only sites I have problems with are those that deliberately target, and break, Opera. (Pseudocode: If browser is Opera, then redirect to something else or throw up ugly ECMAScript code.)
As a Canadian, I'm not concerned that this has happened. The article indicates that the ISP was warned to take it down, and didn't, it's paying the price for that. Yaz' follow-up shows why, in that the fellow who was reached at his parents' place for comment not only posted the content, but owned the ISP. That's not an arms-length arrangement.;-)
Personally I think they'd be better served by concentrating on improving their security, rather than concentrating on improving their security-related PR.
I'd like to agree, but there's more bucks being returned from spending on better PR than from spending on better (real) security. Just ask MicroSoft.
Hmmm. The paper says that the machine has achieved 16% efficiency with tungsten wires, and that the steel alloy gave 3 to 4 times the expected kinetic energy. Using these two numbers, the maximum efficiency is 64% or so. (They don't give the energy output in MJ for the tests under discussion.) They're still not getting more energy out than was input.
Unless, of course, I missed something in my scan of the paper. And yes, I realise what they are saying about the expected and actual energy output.
Well, the Linux part is denied, but the more important part (IMHO) was revealed. IBM is moving away from MS Office to Eclipse and OpenOffice.org. They're also using the FireFox browser.
The only danger to a double-double is falling asleep in the line-ups at Timmy's, waiting to get served. None the less, I will be having my ExLarge, two cream shortly. (Hopefully before the shakes kick in.)
two out of the three winners appear to create thumbnails of pages... anyone else find it a bit anticlimactic?
More than a bit. Someone above mentioned that they'd like to see something innovative which I agree with. (But then the other poster said gestures, which is a copy from Opera. I think copying innovation isn't innovation. Unless you're MicroSoft.)
I think the extension I've used most is blockfall. Most of the others that interest me I don't use - instead I use Proxomitron and Opera for those features. (Sorry, that's incorrect - I do use gestures all the time.)
I've tried to get MS enthusiasts in IT departments to cough up a license
Well, I'm not a MicroSoft supporter, but if you start Word 2003, go to "Help" / "About..." then click on "View EULA" you get a view that you can copy from (and paste into Word).
Perhaps you need to go to MicroSoft s/w users, not enthusiasts.
It's not something that interests just the Yanks - the rest of us need to learn the warning signs of this sort of thing. As someone wrote above, the British should take heed of this debate.
As for the point that these may no longer belong in "Science", that's probably correct. However, we'll have to wait for some higher power to create a new classification in the list of story subjects.
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Also not that local for those of us in N.A., but not in the USA.
As the Devil said, "where's He going to find the lawyers?"
I can now search for craters on Mars. Oh, wait ...
Possibly ;-) However, I almost spit coffee when I saw the caption "VENUS in the sky with ions" in the article.
Oh good. For a second there I had thought someone had taught equines to golf. Though, it might be interesting to see a horse make par.
Opera 8.x had 13 flaws, 3 highly severe, 0 extremely severe;
Firefox 1.x had 27 flaws, 7 highly severe, 1 extremely severe;
MS IE 6.x had 77 flaws, 22 highly severe, 11 extremely severe.
It's still not apples to apples. (Time periods aren't the same, etc.)
I think the more important thing to note: all of the Opera flaws (to date) are fixed, there are still 2 open in FireFox, and 23 open in MS IE 6.x.
"The Weekly Builds are snapshots, they are not as thoroughly tested as a Technology Preview or a Public Beta. You should only use these builds if you are not afraid of losing data (e-mail, bookmarks, anything) or crashing your computer." - Opera Desktop Team
I don't know what the original complaint was with respect to compatibility. My browser is Opera, and the only sites I have problems with are those that deliberately target, and break, Opera. (Pseudocode: If browser is Opera, then redirect to something else or throw up ugly ECMAScript code.)
The AC's question is, I think, directed to the US audience, but uttering threats is against the Criminal Code of Canada.
As a Canadian, I'm not concerned that this has happened. The article indicates that the ISP was warned to take it down, and didn't, it's paying the price for that. Yaz' follow-up shows why, in that the fellow who was reached at his parents' place for comment not only posted the content, but owned the ISP. That's not an arms-length arrangement. ;-)
In Opera, this is in one of the config files, along with methods to add or change the search engines and options. Perhaps it is time to switch.
Yes, I know that FireFox does the same thing.
And, I will admit, it is nice that FF opens in a new tab.
Cheers.
You know, that's illegal in the state of Washington now.
Seriously, the Governor just signed a bill.
Not that I'm curious, but your governor made curiosity illegal?
I'd like to agree, but there's more bucks being returned from spending on better PR than from spending on better (real) security. Just ask MicroSoft.
Will just ask MicroSoft become a new meme?
Because you're too young to recall Lt. Sulu as the security chief in the alternate universe.
Unless, of course, I missed something in my scan of the paper. And yes, I realise what they are saying about the expected and actual energy output.
The original parent post is incorrect regarding that and which, not that I don't do the same thing.
Well, the Linux part is denied, but the more important part (IMHO) was revealed. IBM is moving away from MS Office to Eclipse and OpenOffice.org. They're also using the FireFox browser.
The only danger to a double-double is falling asleep in the line-ups at Timmy's, waiting to get served. None the less, I will be having my ExLarge, two cream shortly. (Hopefully before the shakes kick in.)
Yeah, we refer to a politician here* as "so-and-so" as well. (* Not a republic.)
If they ain't agin MicroSoft, they ain't with me ;-)
More than a bit. Someone above mentioned that they'd like to see something innovative which I agree with. (But then the other poster said gestures, which is a copy from Opera. I think copying innovation isn't innovation. Unless you're MicroSoft.)
I think the extension I've used most is blockfall. Most of the others that interest me I don't use - instead I use Proxomitron and Opera for those features. (Sorry, that's incorrect - I do use gestures all the time.)
Well, I'm not a MicroSoft supporter, but if you start Word 2003, go to "Help" / "About ..." then click on "View EULA" you get a view that you can copy from (and paste into Word).
Perhaps you need to go to MicroSoft s/w users, not enthusiasts.
Acadia has done this since 1996. However, it wasn't universal in 1996.
As for the point that these may no longer belong in "Science", that's probably correct. However, we'll have to wait for some higher power to create a new classification in the list of story subjects.