Opera is a great browser, with many unique features. I use IE, Firefox, and Opera everyday. It is sad to see anyone go, let alone someone who you know had a huge part in something you come to take for granted.
Before anyone spreads anymore misinformation, it's not to stop child pornography. It's to stop children from looking at porn, which, anyone with half a brain can tell you, is impossible because of how the Internet works. There is no identification layer to the 'net. The only way these extremely prude, old ass ignorant senators are going to be able to stop kids from looking at porn (and we all know they don't like porn at all, for anyone anyway) is to simply ban porn sites. Or forbid the viewing of any pornographic material to anyone who hasn't used a credit card to pay for it (this kind of indentifying the person as being at least over 18). The government is out of control. The time to start bearing arms and getting ready for the revolution is now.
I consider myself lazy and intelligent. Did technology make me lazier? Doubt it. Technology has certainly given me the ability to almost instantly gain most any knowledge I want to obtain... and only a few clicks away at that. If used correctly the many technologies at our fingertips could easilly raise the average person's level of knowledge, not their intelligence though. I don't consider how much you know (knowledge) to be the same thing as how well you can process new ideas and thoughts (intelligence). Perhaps people are just dumb? I think that sounds about right.
Perhaps I am simply ignorant but how does downloading something result in copyright infringement? Wouldn't the downloadee actually be responsable for that and not the downloader?
Where is your favorite OS when I want to play any new video games on the market? Here are some Microsoft buzzwords your OS can't replace: Market Share.
Internet Explorer is already at version 7! John Doe likes to think that the program with the higher version is the one that is better. So FireFox will do what a lot of companies do and just cut corners in order to get to the higher versions. 1.1? 1.5. 1.6? 4.0.
I've personally grown tired of hearing about how an electronic device, based on the same basic computing laws as any PC, can run Linux. It was cool when Dreamcast ran Linux and then it basically stopped there. Here's a spoiler: if it computes, it runs Linux:)
The OpenUsability group is exactly what is needed in the Linux/open source community right now. Standards on how software should be layed out and behave is one of the major setbacks in the open source community. It seems as if just about everyone has their own version and great idea on how an application should be layed out. This is one reason (just one) why Windows will continue to have an edge in the desktop market. On Windows you can open just about any application and already know how to use it (at least, at the most basic level). If you've used Microsoft Word then you've got a head start on knowing Internet Explorer, Notepad, and Calc.exe.
As with most things in life, striking a balance here will prove extremely beneficial. I grew up with a balance between going out with friends, going to parties, playing outside (as a kid), and then going home and coding. What I got out of it was all the glory of being a skilled programmer and lots of fun random drunken sex stories.
Linux has had a decent head start on x86 to make its penetration into the desktop market, if the best thing going for it is Linspire AND they are worried about losing the desktop market then it's clear that they should have poured more time into that particular aspect of computing.
Personally, I don't see why you might want OSX on PC hardware as Apple is more of a platform company than anything else. The software and the hardware go hand-in-hand.
I don't think OSX will have any more penetration into the desktop market than Linux has had for one simple reason -- the desktop market is the noob market. Plain and simple. Noobs are too preconditioned to Windows right now.
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Opera is a great browser, with many unique features. I use IE, Firefox, and Opera everyday. It is sad to see anyone go, let alone someone who you know had a huge part in something you come to take for granted.
Before anyone spreads anymore misinformation, it's not to stop child pornography. It's to stop children from looking at porn, which, anyone with half a brain can tell you, is impossible because of how the Internet works. There is no identification layer to the 'net. The only way these extremely prude, old ass ignorant senators are going to be able to stop kids from looking at porn (and we all know they don't like porn at all, for anyone anyway) is to simply ban porn sites. Or forbid the viewing of any pornographic material to anyone who hasn't used a credit card to pay for it (this kind of indentifying the person as being at least over 18). The government is out of control. The time to start bearing arms and getting ready for the revolution is now.
I consider myself lazy and intelligent. Did technology make me lazier? Doubt it. Technology has certainly given me the ability to almost instantly gain most any knowledge I want to obtain... and only a few clicks away at that. If used correctly the many technologies at our fingertips could easilly raise the average person's level of knowledge, not their intelligence though. I don't consider how much you know (knowledge) to be the same thing as how well you can process new ideas and thoughts (intelligence). Perhaps people are just dumb? I think that sounds about right.
It's dangerous storing all information about people in one, most likely easilly hackable location.
The penguin will meet the same fate as its OS.
Well, that answers my question. In my example though downloadees were the people you were downloading from.
Perhaps I am simply ignorant but how does downloading something result in copyright infringement? Wouldn't the downloadee actually be responsable for that and not the downloader?
Maybe he's from *mars*
Where is your favorite OS when I want to play any new video games on the market? Here are some Microsoft buzzwords your OS can't replace: Market Share.
Moderation here is a joke, don't let it get to you. If you're pro-Microsoft your chances of getting rated as a troll or flamebater go up by 90%.
...how so many people here seem to be under the impression that Microsoft only makes Windows, IE, and Office.
*ducks for -10 troll rating*
It was a fsking joke. Asshole mods...
Microsoft will become Lloyd's sole US representative!!
Internet Explorer is already at version 7! John Doe likes to think that the program with the higher version is the one that is better. So FireFox will do what a lot of companies do and just cut corners in order to get to the higher versions. 1.1? 1.5. 1.6? 4.0.
Google is trying to be a friend to the world of OSS. They're just trying to give you something for that browser you seem to feel is so superior.
Am I the only person that reads all comments before posting one myself? Geesh.
AOL
5. ????
6. PROFIT!!!
I've personally grown tired of hearing about how an electronic device, based on the same basic computing laws as any PC, can run Linux. It was cool when Dreamcast ran Linux and then it basically stopped there. Here's a spoiler: if it computes, it runs Linux :)
The OpenUsability group is exactly what is needed in the Linux/open source community right now. Standards on how software should be layed out and behave is one of the major setbacks in the open source community. It seems as if just about everyone has their own version and great idea on how an application should be layed out. This is one reason (just one) why Windows will continue to have an edge in the desktop market. On Windows you can open just about any application and already know how to use it (at least, at the most basic level). If you've used Microsoft Word then you've got a head start on knowing Internet Explorer, Notepad, and Calc.exe.
it's a hell of a lot cheaper to install wireless access points across an island than it is to lay wiring across it.
does it run linux?
As with most things in life, striking a balance here will prove extremely beneficial. I grew up with a balance between going out with friends, going to parties, playing outside (as a kid), and then going home and coding. What I got out of it was all the glory of being a skilled programmer and lots of fun random drunken sex stories.
:)
I'd have it no other way
Linux has had a decent head start on x86 to make its penetration into the desktop market, if the best thing going for it is Linspire AND they are worried about losing the desktop market then it's clear that they should have poured more time into that particular aspect of computing.
Personally, I don't see why you might want OSX on PC hardware as Apple is more of a platform company than anything else. The software and the hardware go hand-in-hand.
I don't think OSX will have any more penetration into the desktop market than Linux has had for one simple reason -- the desktop market is the noob market. Plain and simple. Noobs are too preconditioned to Windows right now.
Cite some sources before you start calling my post bullshit you ass.