I was just pointing out that just about everyone else that commented on this article (and soccer moms worldwide) never stopped to think about the fact that the ESRB considers that sex is worse than violence. I mean, the rating for extremely violent games is 17+, but the rating for games with sexual content is 18+. Makes you wonder about the kind of society we live in.
I'll just assume you got what I meant and were trying to be funny, but then again, I might be assuming too much.
On the other hand, in Europe, many kinds of speech that aren't "correct" are banned. Now who has a free speech problem?
Not in my country, and last time I checked, it was part of the European Union. Are you just pulling that out of your ass to troll or are you actually that ignorant? How the hell was this modded up? I can't belive mods don't check simple facts anymore before modding things up. It's amazing, as long as you sound like you know what you're talking about, you'll get modded Informative or Insightful on Slashdot, even if you're just making shit up.
I can't belive that! When I downloaded Firefox I didn't know their browser would enable me to see Adults Only content!
Someone should force Mozilla Foundation to put up a AO warning near Firefox's download page.
For all the unfunny/.ers out there: I'm being sarcastic.
You can do that with Firefox by creating a new profile. I have my Profile folder in a FAT partition so I can use the same Bookmarks / cookies under Linux and Windows.
Will anyone write a Greasemonkey script that ignores all the articles that mention Dvorak, the only person on the world that is paid for trolling? Oh, wait, I just uninstalled Greasemonkey...:(
IE components are loaded with Windows, blah blah, Microsoft is evil, yada yada. I'm terrible at being a zealot, I'll leave that for someone else.
Jokes aside, I was talking about the it interface bloat. When I first loaded Opera, it didn't feel like I was using a web browser, it felt like I was using MS Word with all the toolbars open. Firefox is lot more KISS in that aspect. And yes, I know I'm going to get my Geek Card taken away for complaining about too many options.
Yes, Firefox sucks in the memory managment department. (Bookmark this comment, it may be the first time you hear a FF zealot admiting it sucks for something) I once got it to 100 MB when I had a crapload of tabs open (I was doing wiki editing). It could have been a memory leak, since I'm using an Alpha version of Firefox (Installed over a nightly build which was installed over another Alpha. I'm a bad, bad man. I know I'll have to do a clean install, but I'm being lazy). I dunno. Firefox works for me, but I don't mind people who use Opera. It just doesn't fit me, that doesn't mean it can't be perfect for other people. Hey, as long as they're not using IE, who cares?
I'm not saying Firefox is a better browser than Opera, but Opera doesn't work for me, it's too bloated. I'd rather stick with Deer Park Alpha 2^W^W^W^W Firefox, a bloat-free browser out of the box. Whenever I want it to do something, there's an extension for it.
Also, the security risk is minimal. I'm pulling numbers out of my ass, but let's assume 15% of the Web users use Firefox. From those 15%, only 1% have BuggyExtension X 0.5 installed. That means 0.15% of all the Web users use BuggyExtension X. The actual figures are probably much smaller, though. Now, let's assume there are 50 sites on the Internet that exploit that bug. What are the odds for an actual user of BuggyExtension X 0.5 to go to one of those 50 sites? Unless the people at Google, Taco or Maddox decide to go skript kiddi3 style, I'm guessing the odds are pretty damn close to zero.
Extensions are Firefox's biggest strength. Let's face it, why would anyone write an exploit that targets 0.15% of the web users populaton when they could target 80% every time an IE exploit is found?
Netcraft doesn't even need to confirm it, it's already common knowledge. People on Slashdot can't see humor not even if it was a giang elephant in a tiny hall.
Are some of the comments around here that biased against Microsoft to the point that people can't even tell a joke from a serious post apart?
Yeah, justforaday, they just found a comment duping bug in Slash. Obviously, the story didn't get posted. *gasp*, censorship!
Btw, Funny doesn't get you karma. If it did, I'd be posting at +2 for a long time now... Doesn't anyone RTFM around here? How ironic.
So this means The Pirate Bay will get a new load of legal threats but they will still be able to make fun of people? Awesome! While I never used The Pirate Bay for torrents, I love checking the legal threats there. That kind of childish humor cracks me up.
I saw something like this years ago on a magazine. Some project called "E.T. Phones home". A guy had the hard drive of his desktop inside the microwave, then somehow hooked the microwave to a phone to make it start when he called home.
A terrible waste of a microwave and a waste of space, since you'd need to have the microwave just next to your PC box, though...
I do live in Europe (I forgot to mention it in the orininal post, maybe that was the reason of your indignation?), so I think I know I what I'm talking about. MSN Messenger is known as "The messenger" here, most people just don't know other IM services exist. From what I know and see, I belive the generalization isn't that off.
Offtopic? Parent is funny, dammit. Only if mods RTFA instead of modding down anything that they don't understand.
Am I the only one who doesn't buy this whole "blogsphere" crap? I mean, blogs aren't that relevant, not even for advertising. As a company, what are you going to find by searching Livejournal? That teenagers juse love to cut themselves and therefore, they should all start selling razor blades? Wow, I can't wait till I start seeing DoubleClick's razor blade Flash ads, with wrists getting cut in different directions every time you hover the cursor over the ad.
[Interesting or Insightful, not Funny. Just because I am ironic in every post I make that doesn't mean I'm trying to be Funny. (But mommy, all the cool kids were karmawhoring too!)]
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Besides 16 years old American girls, who the hell uses AIM? Because I don't know anyone in real life who uses (or ever heard of) AIM.
I'll just assume you got what I meant and were trying to be funny, but then again, I might be assuming too much.
If that's not insightful, then I don't know what it is.
Not in my country, and last time I checked, it was part of the European Union. Are you just pulling that out of your ass to troll or are you actually that ignorant?
How the hell was this modded up? I can't belive mods don't check simple facts anymore before modding things up. It's amazing, as long as you sound like you know what you're talking about, you'll get modded Informative or Insightful on Slashdot, even if you're just making shit up.
Someone should force Mozilla Foundation to put up a AO warning near Firefox's download page.
For all the unfunny /.ers out there: I'm being sarcastic.
Dotslash? (Meta Meta Meta spelling Nazi).
Can't factorize it into prime numbers. I wonder, though, how many prime numbers are there in the first 900000 natural numbers?
Are you booting with the right profile? Create a new profile in the folder you want, then delete your old one.
Winner. Parent should even be modded insightful, not funny. There should be an option for "+1, Zing" (or "+1, Burn").
You can do that with Firefox by creating a new profile. I have my Profile folder in a FAT partition so I can use the same Bookmarks / cookies under Linux and Windows.
I know you're being funny, but both the Wine and Samba folks would love to see the source of Windows 95.
Will anyone write a Greasemonkey script that ignores all the articles that mention Dvorak, the only person on the world that is paid for trolling? Oh, wait, I just uninstalled Greasemonkey... :(
Jokes aside, I was talking about the it interface bloat. When I first loaded Opera, it didn't feel like I was using a web browser, it felt like I was using MS Word with all the toolbars open. Firefox is lot more KISS in that aspect. And yes, I know I'm going to get my Geek Card taken away for complaining about too many options.
Yes, Firefox sucks in the memory managment department. (Bookmark this comment, it may be the first time you hear a FF zealot admiting it sucks for something) I once got it to 100 MB when I had a crapload of tabs open (I was doing wiki editing). It could have been a memory leak, since I'm using an Alpha version of Firefox (Installed over a nightly build which was installed over another Alpha. I'm a bad, bad man. I know I'll have to do a clean install, but I'm being lazy). I dunno. Firefox works for me, but I don't mind people who use Opera. It just doesn't fit me, that doesn't mean it can't be perfect for other people. Hey, as long as they're not using IE, who cares?
Also, the security risk is minimal. I'm pulling numbers out of my ass, but let's assume 15% of the Web users use Firefox. From those 15%, only 1% have BuggyExtension X 0.5 installed. That means 0.15% of all the Web users use BuggyExtension X. The actual figures are probably much smaller, though.
Now, let's assume there are 50 sites on the Internet that exploit that bug. What are the odds for an actual user of BuggyExtension X 0.5 to go to one of those 50 sites? Unless the people at Google, Taco or Maddox decide to go skript kiddi3 style, I'm guessing the odds are pretty damn close to zero.
Extensions are Firefox's biggest strength. Let's face it, why would anyone write an exploit that targets 0.15% of the web users populaton when they could target 80% every time an IE exploit is found?
Are some of the comments around here that biased against Microsoft to the point that people can't even tell a joke from a serious post apart?
Yeah, justforaday, they just found a comment duping bug in Slash. Obviously, the story didn't get posted. *gasp*, censorship!
Btw, Funny doesn't get you karma. If it did, I'd be posting at +2 for a long time now... Doesn't anyone RTFM around here? How ironic.
So this means The Pirate Bay will get a new load of legal threats but they will still be able to make fun of people? Awesome! While I never used The Pirate Bay for torrents, I love checking the legal threats there. That kind of childish humor cracks me up.
The funny thing about this meme is that there are always clueless replies from people who think the OP was serious... Only on /.
A terrible waste of a microwave and a waste of space, since you'd need to have the microwave just next to your PC box, though...
Death On Demand Drive Tech? Could this open some eyes and increase interest in alternative (Linux, Mac) offerings?
Nah, everything will be all right, just as long they leave a BFG9000 in E1M1: Hangar.
Great, a Mars moonbase on Phobos is only the first step towards opening an extradimensional portal! Damned UAC scientists...
Yes, they want their extreme right-wing measures back. Some of us are heart bleeding liberals, thank you very much.
I do live in Europe (I forgot to mention it in the orininal post, maybe that was the reason of your indignation?), so I think I know I what I'm talking about. MSN Messenger is known as "The messenger" here, most people just don't know other IM services exist. From what I know and see, I belive the generalization isn't that off.
Am I the only one who doesn't buy this whole "blogsphere" crap? I mean, blogs aren't that relevant, not even for advertising. As a company, what are you going to find by searching Livejournal? That teenagers juse love to cut themselves and therefore, they should all start selling razor blades? Wow, I can't wait till I start seeing DoubleClick's razor blade Flash ads, with wrists getting cut in different directions every time you hover the cursor over the ad.
[Interesting or Insightful, not Funny. Just because I am ironic in every post I make that doesn't mean I'm trying to be Funny. (But mommy, all the cool kids were karmawhoring too!)]