I'd rather reroute IE to opera.no (or whatever alternative browser site) via mod_rewrite or whatever. This tag is an yet another MS abomination. I shouldn't have to add a non-standard tag to my page in order to prevent their theft of my content. Opera's Hotclick feature is much less invasive.
No, it's convenience, but price plays a part in that. Sure it's inconvenient to go to the store (less so to find your selection in an online store), and inconvenient to work to make money -- but it's very inconvenient to pay fines or sit in the pokey for pirating.
OTOH, I find most copy protection loathsome. Stealing is a social problem, and technological solutions will always be imperfect. If I buy a game, I have the right to play it however I want. If I had to hack something to do it, I see nothing wrong with that. The consumer has rights. (And if enough people voted Constitution or Libertarian, those rights would get defended. But, more likely, people will keep voting for the Duopoly in power and we'll maintain the status quo.)
(Hey, Slashdot, why can't I enter entity references any more?)
How can you correlate test scores if one person is served up hard questions and another is served easy ones? I thought that was the point of standardized testing.
You take it on computers now? Wimps. Give me a #2 pencils and lots of ovals to fill in.
Seriously, my wife helps administer ETS tests and I've never heard of one on computer. I even helped one day when I brought her there and they were short-handed. Maybe it's only on computer where available? Our testing center isn't outfitted for it.
When I first read that part of the article, I thought, "Great! Finally CD's are going to cost $5 like they ought to!" Of course, then I re-read it and saw that prices were going to drop that much, not drop to that much.
Would anyone bother pirating if CD's only cost a piddly 5 bucks? The music companies would still be raking in the bucks, and consumers would be happier. I could actually afford to collect music again.
As a relatively "old" MacSlash user I'd have to agree that I see that, too. Heck I've been modded down there for simply acknowledging that I've had a bad experience with Apple. I mod fairly when I get the points, but there are many zealots in that community. "Back in the day" it was pretty nice though, maybe before they had ~1000 users.
A right is something inherent to yourself that does not involve taking from others. (You therefore have the right to pursue happiness all you want, but you do not have a right to happiness itself.) If it's not been expressly delegated to government, it is retained by the people.
If you don't like what's in a movie, you're within your rights to not watch that movie.
You're also within your rights to fast-forward that section. If you do it all the time, you could cut and splice your own VHS (or rip/mix/burn your own DVD, as any good Slashdotter would say is fair use as well), which you're also within your rights to do. If you don't have the technical know-how, pay someone else to do it. Or to save time, just have that company buy the tape, do the cut/splice, and then send it to you. Hey, that's what's going on in this case!
Your desire to not see anything violent does not mean that Peter Jackson has a responsibility to cut out all the battle scenes in Lord of the Rings in order to let you watch it.
Nor does it mean that another company should be able to change Jackson's work to better suit your tastes.
Right, but it's my right to skip the parts I don't like, and if I can make that "skipping" as automatic/convenient as possible, I will do so. If I do it myself or utilize a for-pay service to do it for me, what's the problem?
On the other hand, if Clean Flicks were to snip the offending bits and redistribute to theaters for profit (say, LOTR Light, rated G), that would be violating Jackson's rights. What Clean Flicks is actually doing here just doesn't compare, and is within the rights of the consumer.
Also, it's not obvious what the two buttons do. Which one is the "plain" button and which one is the "scientific" button that I can ignore for now?
A possible solution would be for both buttons to default to the same function (normal click) unless the user goes into an option panel and enables contextual menus (or whatever) with the 2nd button.
The funny thing is, I followed the link to the older story, and started reading comments. I was reading this one and thought, "Hey I remember reading that book. Wow this is written in a way I can really understand. OK that makes sense." Then I noticed that I'd written it.
It's pioneering. It had mouse gestures and a tabbed interface before Mozilla. These are UI features I use constantly. If there are new innovations in browser UI, I'd wager that Opera will make them first.
It's small. I can download it in under 10 minutes at 56k. This is one reason I don't use Mozilla at home at all.
It's fast. Opera is a speed demon on my wife's PII-350. I'm not sure I'd want to use Mozilla on that machine as my primary browser.
There's a version of Opera for my OS 8.1 Mac. OK, this is pretty minor, as I'm upgrading to OS X within the next few months. But it's another reason I haven't used Mozilla at home yet.
Keyboard shortcuts for virtually everything I'd ever want to do. Most them I don't use, but the ones I do use I wonder how I lived without before. It's almost a bother to reach for the mouse when using another browser.
If it does crash, it remembers all the pages I was on at the time, and brings them right up when I relaunch.
In general, support for web standards is excellent. I'll give a nod to Mozilla as the leader here, but it's not by much, at least in the areas I typically encounter. The UI features more than make up for these things.
Those are the features I personally like that I can think of right now. There may be more if you ask other Opera users.
At home we use my wife's Win98 PC for our personal email. We are still using the Netscape 4.7 client for this because it's easy and it works. I don't like upgrading stuff on her box, because I hate doing Windows support. Hence I haven't installed Mozilla on it, either.
Is the mail client in Netscape 6 (or 7) usable to the point where I can turn unsuspecting people loose on it? Can it import our existing mail files? We lost a bunch of email once, and I don't want to do it again.
Or should I seriously consider a different email client? I'm not averse to it, as long as it's something that adheres to standards and is simple enough for my wife. Again, importing our existing Netscape email is a must. Stripping HTML from emails (or at least providing a Lynx-like text-only display) would be a great feature. I have to use Outlook at work, and hate it. Maybe that's why I've never given other mail utilities a try.
Use an inferior product just to support open source? *shrug* I'm willing to pay for a good product I want, especially when there is no free alternative of equal quality.
Yes, the free versions display ads. Great way for people to get to try out a great browser. From what I've heard, Opera is about the only web-related venture still making money from ads. If your screen is 1024x768 or more they're not too intrusive, at least on Windows (where I maximize the window to best use the MDI) and Linux (where I maximize the window in its own workspace). On a Mac, where I don't maximize because it's not MDI, the banners are annoying because there's one in every window. I hope they come up with a better solution for Mac Opera 6 (coming soon).
I know.:( I think the best way to do it would be starting at the local level, where the person selling it can have a measure of recognition and respect. "Hey, Jeremi's a good guy, and if he says it's a good system then I'm all for it." Once there are more successful examples, adoption at larger scales may be easier.
Also there's a problem with those groups that think voting should be done with paper ballots and human counting. Condorcet can be counted manually, but it would be slow. I have no problem with paper ballots, in fact I think it's important to have that as a record of the actual vote. But with populations as large as we have now, any election state-wide or bigger should probably be done with optical scanners.
You mean Condorcet voting. IRV has serious problems once you look closely at it that make it unsuitable. With Condorcet, voting is the same, but the counting method is better.
Take a look at the links. If I ever run for office, changing the election method to something fair will be one of my planks.
Where can I get info regarding overclocking the beige G3? I've got the 300 MHz model. After the new RAM and HD I needed for 10.2, and then 10.2 itself, I figure my next upgrade will be a G4 ZIF. But if I can hold off for awhile by overclocking, that would be nice.
I actually have a second video card, but it (Rage 128) is only a small step up from what came with it (Rage Pro?) so no QE hack for me. I still get a weird feeling knowing that today's video cards have over 5 times as much RAM as my first computer.
That's the boat I'm in at home. We use NN4.7 for email. I downloaded Opera 6 for web browsing, both because I like it's features, and it takes less than 10 minutes to download at 56k rather than an hour like Netscape. My wife doesn't particularly like Opera though (for some reason she keeps running into problems I never have, or maybe it's just the "different-ness") so I'd like to be able to get N7. But that won't happen until the mail/news client gets up to par.
On the subject of HTML, shouldn't there be one element for multiple-choice selections, with a style sheet to specify the widget (checkboxes or list) used? The same could be done with single-choice selections (radio, list). Heck, just make single/multiple an attribute (as it already is for select) and roll these two into one. Oh well, there would probably be many more changes we'd make if we could do it over from scratch.
So there are already laws against the moving violations. Enforce them. I should not be penalized merely for using a cell phone if I do so responsibly, including being responsible for any accidents I cause while using it. Which the law currently holds me responsible for anyway. So where's the problem?
Or are you going to pass laws against eating while driving? Tuning the radio while driving? Having a conversation while driving? Checking on your kids while driving? Any of these might cause an accident, you know.
Personal responsibility, friends. That's what it's about. There doesn't need to be a law for each and every possible cause under the sun. There are already laws governing the effects. Take responsibility for your actions. Recognize that cell phones (and some other behaviors) are distractions, and that driving can turn deadly. If you aren't willing to do that, stop driving or at least stay off your phone.
If you aren't willing to deal with possible accidents, don't drive.
If you aren't willing to deal with possible accidents, don't own a gun.
If you aren't willing to deal with possible "accidents", don't have sex.
The rest of us that can be responsible will keep enjoying the benefits of freedom, thank-you-very-much.
You, and you alone, are responsible for your actions. The sooner everybody remembers that, the better off we'll all be. Until then, this litigous welfare society will continue.
You actually want to give the government the power to enforce social norms? Heaven help us all.
Theater owners are within their rights to eject the offender from the premises and refuse him further service. If they actually exercised this right, the problem would go away. Or they could make it theater policy that adjacent theater guests can dump their Cokes on the offender's head, as another poster has suggested. There's no need to make yet another law. Isn't society litigous enough the way it is?
This is not a legal problem, and does not require a legal solution. There "ought to be a law" against people who immediately cry there "ought to be a law" when they hear of any problem. (Yes, that's sarcasm.) What next? Would you fine me (or put me in jail) for grunting too loud in the loo for fear I might offend someone? Give me a break.
My internet is through 56k dialup. I shuttle files between work and home on floppy. I don't have a network at home. I shuttle files between my G3 and the wife's PC until I can get one built. I shuttle files between my G3 and my PB 180 and will continue to do so because the PB 180 doesn't have ethernet. At least until this machine dies and I get broadband, I'll be using floppies.
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Hexley does seem the obvious choice, but all the Apple-themed O'Reilly books have a dog motif. I guess they thought consistency was better.
I'd rather reroute IE to opera.no (or whatever alternative browser site) via mod_rewrite or whatever. This tag is an yet another MS abomination. I shouldn't have to add a non-standard tag to my page in order to prevent their theft of my content. Opera's Hotclick feature is much less invasive.
No, it's convenience, but price plays a part in that. Sure it's inconvenient to go to the store (less so to find your selection in an online store), and inconvenient to work to make money -- but it's very inconvenient to pay fines or sit in the pokey for pirating.
OTOH, I find most copy protection loathsome. Stealing is a social problem, and technological solutions will always be imperfect. If I buy a game, I have the right to play it however I want. If I had to hack something to do it, I see nothing wrong with that. The consumer has rights. (And if enough people voted Constitution or Libertarian, those rights would get defended. But, more likely, people will keep voting for the Duopoly in power and we'll maintain the status quo.)
(Hey, Slashdot, why can't I enter entity references any more?)
How can you correlate test scores if one person is served up hard questions and another is served easy ones? I thought that was the point of standardized testing.
You take it on computers now? Wimps. Give me a #2 pencils and lots of ovals to fill in.
Seriously, my wife helps administer ETS tests and I've never heard of one on computer. I even helped one day when I brought her there and they were short-handed. Maybe it's only on computer where available? Our testing center isn't outfitted for it.
When I first read that part of the article, I thought, "Great! Finally CD's are going to cost $5 like they ought to!" Of course, then I re-read it and saw that prices were going to drop that much, not drop to that much.
Would anyone bother pirating if CD's only cost a piddly 5 bucks? The music companies would still be raking in the bucks, and consumers would be happier. I could actually afford to collect music again.
As a relatively "old" MacSlash user I'd have to agree that I see that, too. Heck I've been modded down there for simply acknowledging that I've had a bad experience with Apple. I mod fairly when I get the points, but there are many zealots in that community. "Back in the day" it was pretty nice though, maybe before they had ~1000 users.
Ahem. Ninth Amendment. Tenth Amendment.
A right is something inherent to yourself that does not involve taking from others. (You therefore have the right to pursue happiness all you want, but you do not have a right to happiness itself.) If it's not been expressly delegated to government, it is retained by the people.
You're also within your rights to fast-forward that section. If you do it all the time, you could cut and splice your own VHS (or rip/mix/burn your own DVD, as any good Slashdotter would say is fair use as well), which you're also within your rights to do. If you don't have the technical know-how, pay someone else to do it. Or to save time, just have that company buy the tape, do the cut/splice, and then send it to you. Hey, that's what's going on in this case!
Right, but it's my right to skip the parts I don't like, and if I can make that "skipping" as automatic/convenient as possible, I will do so. If I do it myself or utilize a for-pay service to do it for me, what's the problem?
On the other hand, if Clean Flicks were to snip the offending bits and redistribute to theaters for profit (say, LOTR Light, rated G), that would be violating Jackson's rights. What Clean Flicks is actually doing here just doesn't compare, and is within the rights of the consumer.
Ditto with what the other replies said.
Also, it's not obvious what the two buttons do. Which one is the "plain" button and which one is the "scientific" button that I can ignore for now?
A possible solution would be for both buttons to default to the same function (normal click) unless the user goes into an option panel and enables contextual menus (or whatever) with the 2nd button.
I posted this last time. Hope it helps.
The funny thing is, I followed the link to the older story, and started reading comments. I was reading this one and thought, "Hey I remember reading that book. Wow this is written in a way I can really understand. OK that makes sense." Then I noticed that I'd written it.
OK, I'll give that a shot.
Those are the features I personally like that I can think of right now. There may be more if you ask other Opera users.
At home we use my wife's Win98 PC for our personal email. We are still using the Netscape 4.7 client for this because it's easy and it works. I don't like upgrading stuff on her box, because I hate doing Windows support. Hence I haven't installed Mozilla on it, either.
Is the mail client in Netscape 6 (or 7) usable to the point where I can turn unsuspecting people loose on it? Can it import our existing mail files? We lost a bunch of email once, and I don't want to do it again.
Or should I seriously consider a different email client? I'm not averse to it, as long as it's something that adheres to standards and is simple enough for my wife. Again, importing our existing Netscape email is a must. Stripping HTML from emails (or at least providing a Lynx-like text-only display) would be a great feature. I have to use Outlook at work, and hate it. Maybe that's why I've never given other mail utilities a try.
Use an inferior product just to support open source? *shrug* I'm willing to pay for a good product I want, especially when there is no free alternative of equal quality.
Yes, the free versions display ads. Great way for people to get to try out a great browser. From what I've heard, Opera is about the only web-related venture still making money from ads. If your screen is 1024x768 or more they're not too intrusive, at least on Windows (where I maximize the window to best use the MDI) and Linux (where I maximize the window in its own workspace). On a Mac, where I don't maximize because it's not MDI, the banners are annoying because there's one in every window. I hope they come up with a better solution for Mac Opera 6 (coming soon).
Or just wait for Opera 7, which is being rewritten from the ground up with great DOM support. Windows versions are in beta, Linux not far behind.
I know. :( I think the best way to do it would be starting at the local level, where the person selling it can have a measure of recognition and respect. "Hey, Jeremi's a good guy, and if he says it's a good system then I'm all for it." Once there are more successful examples, adoption at larger scales may be easier.
Also there's a problem with those groups that think voting should be done with paper ballots and human counting. Condorcet can be counted manually, but it would be slow. I have no problem with paper ballots, in fact I think it's important to have that as a record of the actual vote. But with populations as large as we have now, any election state-wide or bigger should probably be done with optical scanners.
But does the installer let me put OS 9 on a separate disk partition? Or do I need an actual OS 9 installer to do that? I want this ability.
Normally I don't comment on sigs, but...
You mean Condorcet voting. IRV has serious problems once you look closely at it that make it unsuitable. With Condorcet, voting is the same, but the counting method is better.
Take a look at the links. If I ever run for office, changing the election method to something fair will be one of my planks.
That was the 5300, the first PowerPC PB.
Where can I get info regarding overclocking the beige G3? I've got the 300 MHz model. After the new RAM and HD I needed for 10.2, and then 10.2 itself, I figure my next upgrade will be a G4 ZIF. But if I can hold off for awhile by overclocking, that would be nice.
I actually have a second video card, but it (Rage 128) is only a small step up from what came with it (Rage Pro?) so no QE hack for me. I still get a weird feeling knowing that today's video cards have over 5 times as much RAM as my first computer.
That's the boat I'm in at home. We use NN4.7 for email. I downloaded Opera 6 for web browsing, both because I like it's features, and it takes less than 10 minutes to download at 56k rather than an hour like Netscape. My wife doesn't particularly like Opera though (for some reason she keeps running into problems I never have, or maybe it's just the "different-ness") so I'd like to be able to get N7. But that won't happen until the mail/news client gets up to par.
On the subject of HTML, shouldn't there be one element for multiple-choice selections, with a style sheet to specify the widget (checkboxes or list) used? The same could be done with single-choice selections (radio, list). Heck, just make single/multiple an attribute (as it already is for select) and roll these two into one. Oh well, there would probably be many more changes we'd make if we could do it over from scratch.
So there are already laws against the moving violations. Enforce them. I should not be penalized merely for using a cell phone if I do so responsibly, including being responsible for any accidents I cause while using it. Which the law currently holds me responsible for anyway. So where's the problem?
Or are you going to pass laws against eating while driving? Tuning the radio while driving? Having a conversation while driving? Checking on your kids while driving? Any of these might cause an accident, you know.
Personal responsibility, friends. That's what it's about. There doesn't need to be a law for each and every possible cause under the sun. There are already laws governing the effects. Take responsibility for your actions. Recognize that cell phones (and some other behaviors) are distractions, and that driving can turn deadly. If you aren't willing to do that, stop driving or at least stay off your phone.
If you aren't willing to deal with possible accidents, don't drive.
If you aren't willing to deal with possible accidents, don't own a gun.
If you aren't willing to deal with possible "accidents", don't have sex.
The rest of us that can be responsible will keep enjoying the benefits of freedom, thank-you-very-much.
You, and you alone, are responsible for your actions. The sooner everybody remembers that, the better off we'll all be. Until then, this litigous welfare society will continue.
You actually want to give the government the power to enforce social norms? Heaven help us all.
Theater owners are within their rights to eject the offender from the premises and refuse him further service. If they actually exercised this right, the problem would go away. Or they could make it theater policy that adjacent theater guests can dump their Cokes on the offender's head, as another poster has suggested. There's no need to make yet another law. Isn't society litigous enough the way it is?
This is not a legal problem, and does not require a legal solution. There "ought to be a law" against people who immediately cry there "ought to be a law" when they hear of any problem. (Yes, that's sarcasm.) What next? Would you fine me (or put me in jail) for grunting too loud in the loo for fear I might offend someone? Give me a break.
My internet is through 56k dialup. I shuttle files between work and home on floppy. I don't have a network at home. I shuttle files between my G3 and the wife's PC until I can get one built. I shuttle files between my G3 and my PB 180 and will continue to do so because the PB 180 doesn't have ethernet. At least until this machine dies and I get broadband, I'll be using floppies.