Agreed, I found it to be one of the few examples of a film surpassing the literature. 'Fight Club' is the only other I can think of on to the top of my head, actually.
Dude, it's a browser in beta, less than 24 hours into its release. Of course it isn't gonna have adblock yet. It also happens to be open source, and I'm sure an adblock extention will be one of the first add-ons available. In the meantime, you can do what we all did for years before adblock existed: use a hosts file.
Have a little patience. The Linux and Mac flavors will be published when they're ready. They published the first release for the desktop environment which has 90-plus percent marketshare and the others will follow.
So far I can't get it to load a page. I am running this on a machine with user restrictions (I'm at work), but I did install it with adminstrator priveledges (I'm the admin).
If the Blackberry is locked and password protected, there is no way to interface with the device via the USB port until the password is provided.
Furthermore, if the incorrect password is entered a predetermined number of times, all data on the device is wiped.
Lastly, if the Blackberry is connected to a Blackberry Enterprise Server (or a BES-lite consumer solution like Blackberry Unite), the device can be wiped clean of all data remotely by the server at any time.
I don't doubt that a version of this is in the works for a Blackberry, but I'm sure it will only be effective if the phone isn't locked.
That doesn't help you if you need a solution *now*. And in any case, how long has the iPhone been out now? A year? And you suggest waiting a few months LONGER for the thing to MAYBE be IT-ready when and if the platform is truly opened up? Pick up a four-year-old Blackberry and MidpSSH (free software) and you not only will have your solution, but you won't have to cycle through four taps of a virtual button to create the symbol you'll need to insert into a text string.
Not to mention the array of remote desktop software available for the Blackberry/WinMo device that's been available for well over a year.
The iPhone is a toy, and it's been a toy since the day it hit the shelves. I'll get an iPhone when they make one for grown-ups.
My first thought ran to the cartoons I loved as a child, and how disillusioned I was when I realized that Transformers and He-Man were spin-offs of toy lines (and not the other way around).
I think this is more a sign of the continued infantilization of society than anything.
You're missing half the point yourself. Simply having more mass doesn't necessarily make it more difficult to maintain a velocity. To eliminate friction from the equation, let's pretend that you had magnetic frictionless bearings on the wheels (there's no reason why a heavier car should have much more friction than a light one anyway, even with traditional bearings). One car weighs 100kg, the other 300kg. Once you're at cruising speed, you'll find that wind resistance slows the lighter car down more than the heavier (because the heavier car has more momentum, Netwon's law).
On the other hand, if you have to climb hills, more weight will work against you. But then again, downhill slopes lean back to the heavier car's favor.
Also, it takes more energy to get a heavier car accelerated than a light one. But, we were talking about maintaining a cruising speed, anyway.
And braking a heavier car does use more energy than a light one.
In the real world, yes, a lighter car is more efficient because in the real world, cars have to stop and go often, and acceleration of a heavier mass does use much more fuel than a light one.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's illegal to not pay someone for actual work (like done by a network administrator) rather than something purely educational like Yearbook editor, or Class Secretary).
I'm willing to bet that he's getting far more education from his IT services than the Yearbook Editor is getting for theirs!
Ah, The Perfect Storm of Douchebaggery - a doctor that uses Apple.
I'm sorry you had to deal with that.
Most of the Apple users I have to deal with in my line of work are educators, and for the most part, they're absolute sweethearts. Every Mac user in the medical profession, however, has been similar to what you described.
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80-proof liquor? There's your problem. Use plain ol' water next time.
I had a good laugh at the idea of a vibrating Pager Cocktail, thanks.
Shut up, fatty virgin.
Agreed, I found it to be one of the few examples of a film surpassing the literature. 'Fight Club' is the only other I can think of on to the top of my head, actually.
Dude, it's a browser in beta, less than 24 hours into its release. Of course it isn't gonna have adblock yet. It also happens to be open source, and I'm sure an adblock extention will be one of the first add-ons available. In the meantime, you can do what we all did for years before adblock existed: use a hosts file.
Thanks. Flash started working the second time I visited the offending page (odd).
I'll update my java.
Yeah, noticed that you *have* to be logged in as Admin for it to install correctly.
Sucks, but then, it is a beta release. (shrug)
And how, exactly, does that help anyone?
Have a little patience. The Linux and Mac flavors will be published when they're ready. They published the first release for the desktop environment which has 90-plus percent marketshare and the others will follow.
And you'd rather EVERYONE have to wait for the release just because support for your favorite OS hasn't been finished yet?
I'm getting 'missing plugin' pages when I visit any page that incorporates Java applets or Flash. Anyone figured out how to get these up and running?
It is freakin' fast, though.
Okay... I switched to the Administrator user account, re-installed, and now it's running fine. I'm posting this from Chrome as we speak.
Looks like the installer doesn't play nice with user account levels...
To any of those having problems, make sure you're logged in with administrator rights, and not just running the program as administrator.
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So far I can't get it to load a page. I am running this on a machine with user restrictions (I'm at work), but I did install it with adminstrator priveledges (I'm the admin).
We'll see how this goes.
Impossible.
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
If the Blackberry is locked and password protected, there is no way to interface with the device via the USB port until the password is provided.
Furthermore, if the incorrect password is entered a predetermined number of times, all data on the device is wiped.
Lastly, if the Blackberry is connected to a Blackberry Enterprise Server (or a BES-lite consumer solution like Blackberry Unite), the device can be wiped clean of all data remotely by the server at any time.
I don't doubt that a version of this is in the works for a Blackberry, but I'm sure it will only be effective if the phone isn't locked.
Well, that explains How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb...
Why not put iTunes on the flash memory of the device itself, executable once the USB drive is mounted?
That's what SHE said.
How do you feel about network admins monitoring traffic on the company network?
That doesn't help you if you need a solution *now*. And in any case, how long has the iPhone been out now? A year? And you suggest waiting a few months LONGER for the thing to MAYBE be IT-ready when and if the platform is truly opened up? Pick up a four-year-old Blackberry and MidpSSH (free software) and you not only will have your solution, but you won't have to cycle through four taps of a virtual button to create the symbol you'll need to insert into a text string.
Not to mention the array of remote desktop software available for the Blackberry/WinMo device that's been available for well over a year.
The iPhone is a toy, and it's been a toy since the day it hit the shelves. I'll get an iPhone when they make one for grown-ups.
My first thought ran to the cartoons I loved as a child, and how disillusioned I was when I realized that Transformers and He-Man were spin-offs of toy lines (and not the other way around).
I think this is more a sign of the continued infantilization of society than anything.
You misspelled slashdot.org.
Including you, 33 miscreants have misspelled it today!
A cricket graph of the number of people who have misspelled slashdot.org over time.
You're missing half the point yourself. Simply having more mass doesn't necessarily make it more difficult to maintain a velocity. To eliminate friction from the equation, let's pretend that you had magnetic frictionless bearings on the wheels (there's no reason why a heavier car should have much more friction than a light one anyway, even with traditional bearings). One car weighs 100kg, the other 300kg. Once you're at cruising speed, you'll find that wind resistance slows the lighter car down more than the heavier (because the heavier car has more momentum, Netwon's law).
On the other hand, if you have to climb hills, more weight will work against you. But then again, downhill slopes lean back to the heavier car's favor.
Also, it takes more energy to get a heavier car accelerated than a light one. But, we were talking about maintaining a cruising speed, anyway.
And braking a heavier car does use more energy than a light one.
In the real world, yes, a lighter car is more efficient because in the real world, cars have to stop and go often, and acceleration of a heavier mass does use much more fuel than a light one.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's illegal to not pay someone for actual work (like done by a network administrator) rather than something purely educational like Yearbook editor, or Class Secretary).
I'm willing to bet that he's getting far more education from his IT services than the Yearbook Editor is getting for theirs!
Of course it's legal - if they don't pay him! They merely treat it as any other unpaid student-held post, like Yearbook Editor or Class Secretary.
And it wouldn't even be an issue if the damn thing was removeable.
Ah, The Perfect Storm of Douchebaggery - a doctor that uses Apple.
I'm sorry you had to deal with that.
Most of the Apple users I have to deal with in my line of work are educators, and for the most part, they're absolute sweethearts. Every Mac user in the medical profession, however, has been similar to what you described.
I wonder why?