I've been using flock for the last 2 months or so. I used to have a ff install loaded up with extensions I never used, but I've found flock to work fine for most of what I do.
I don't miss FF at all, I uninstalled it a few weeks ago. Flock is definitely worth checking out, especially if you use del.icio.us or (to a lesser degree IMHO) Flickr. (Flock uses delicious for its bookmark system, it doesn't have browser-held bookmarks...very nice for mutiple machines (home/work, etc.)
Those sound like replies from a SonicWALL firewall that has its Content Filtering Service turned on. Have the marines type their default gateway (run: ipconfig/all) into a browser and see if I'm right. (they'll get a blue page, sonicwall logo and admin logon)
It may just be that someone forgot to turn off the kiddie filters... Someone probably pulled the firewall out of the box, activated the content filter to restrict adult content, and didn't notice that they have to fine-tune the rest for their organization...
probably a valid point about gov and others, but I could easily see an AJAX-based "desktop server" sitting inside the firewall. All we would need then is the ability to edit documents, etc. via web application, and you could replace every machine on the network with a thin client running a browser. No viruses Office lic., Vista lic., (+ graphic card, etc.)...
Sounds good to me. give them a browser, port inside apps over to web-based, let them do web mail + web desktop and apps, and you'd just have o worry about the server center, instead of the user community...
...seriously. Take away the world's oil dependance, and what power do these people have? I'm sick of being held hostage for my oil dependancy, and the road seems pretty clear to me:
2.) When Step 1 fails due to the control of the government by Lobbyists, extend the concept of Clean Elections to all governmental processes, both electoral and after they are in office, to legislate against corporate influence and return the government back to the control of the people.
3.) Try step 1 again, and offer government support to innovators. (possibly subsidy and X-Prize style?) Developing new technologies stimulates the economy via innovation, and subsidizing energy innovation is a more viable solution to fighting over a non-renewable natural resource controlled by (enter name here)
4.) PROFI- er, PROSPER! (We could even sell the renewable energy solutions back to the oil-controlling countries who aren't all that industrial, in an ironic twist...)
I mean, really, how hard is that to figure out?
Now, convincing the lobbyists that they're ruining us all by changing the government's policies to match the corporation's...
...and convincing legislators that it's better to be in the best interests of the country than to sell their votes for millions to special-interest groups...
...that's a different story...
Maybe there is a way to legislate the influence out? IANAPolitician, so I don't know... We can't make the legislators impartial, but maybe make it illegal to give $ to them, or for them to profit from legislation...???
From a blog series written a while ago in disgust to this whole situation:
This posting is part of a series from a speech made in 1961 by then-president Eisenhower. It accurately warns the citizens of the Untied States of the times to come, the time when the military and sociological agenda of the Untied States would be dictated by military industry. At the time, this was corporate America. In modern times, this speech rings painfully true as an unheeded warning to the level of control corporate America now holds on our country.
I have chosen to go back to this era, as it seems to be 'where it all went wrong' in modern America. You will never hear these types of warnings again, as it seems that corporate America has finally purchased its way to the top. In reality, it is my sincere hope that this speech inspires any readers of this blog to stand up for what is right, for what they believe in, and to refuse to let the power of money over-run your own sense of morality.
The fears of President Eisenhower to date have been, and are currently being realized. When asking yourself what happened to the United States of the Moon missions, Norman Rockwell, apple pie, etc., consider this speech as it was in 1961: a warning of what was to come.
I post this speech not as a criticism of our current government, but as a criticism of the control it has allowed itself to fall under, and the losses, both physical and ideological, which we have suffered.
I'm a big fan also, but I don't think they'll run out of material. Any new tech, especially on slashdot, spawns new ideas about what can/could or what can't/won' be possible with the new tech.
For example, everyone knows about the JATO/rocket car myth, which Mythbusters investigated. But combine tht with new tech, and we get something like "Can a hybrid car reach 100mpg?" or something.
Other examples of new tech being used for Mythbusters fodder would be:
Is it possible to turn a profit at your house (PV panels, combined with extreme energy-savings)
Highest altitude attainable for the price of a Honda Civic (borrow Burt Rutan for an episode)
The un-foolable lie detector (try to lie while being scanned for "crime-scene" recognition)
I could go on for quite a while. Now these aren't technically myths, but I think that they could still keep the spirit of the show. IMHO, tech could lend more to the mythbusters than they could ever hope to approach.
I also agree with your point that they are having to dig deeper these days for the good myths, such as the civil war rocket episode. They'll probably have to start picking up 'Modern-day Myths/Challenges' eventually. This is something I try to do myself, and it's wildly entertaining. (i.e. "I'll bet I could build a pulsejet...yeah....")
Slashdot Mirror
I've been using flock for the last 2 months or so. I used to have a ff install loaded up with extensions I never used, but I've found flock to work fine for most of what I do.
I don't miss FF at all, I uninstalled it a few weeks ago. Flock is definitely worth checking out, especially if you use del.icio.us or (to a lesser degree IMHO) Flickr. (Flock uses delicious for its bookmark system, it doesn't have browser-held bookmarks...very nice for mutiple machines (home/work, etc.)
I debated doing this for all television a while ago. You'd have to work out the reward system...besides getting to see new episopes, of course...
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'WikiScript':
http://techandother.wordpress.com/2006/02/06/that
my point exaxetcahaly.
I think most people have been doing this for years...
Did you mean Britney Spears?
Those sound like replies from a SonicWALL firewall that has its Content Filtering Service turned on. Have the marines type their default gateway (run: ipconfig /all) into a browser and see if I'm right. (they'll get a blue page, sonicwall logo and admin logon)
It may just be that someone forgot to turn off the kiddie filters... Someone probably pulled the firewall out of the box, activated the content filter to restrict adult content, and didn't notice that they have to fine-tune the rest for their organization...
you're right, it's probably more expensive.
probably a valid point about gov and others, but I could easily see an AJAX-based "desktop server" sitting inside the firewall. All we would need then is the ability to edit documents, etc. via web application, and you could replace every machine on the network with a thin client running a browser. No viruses Office lic., Vista lic., (+ graphic card, etc.)...
Sounds good to me. give them a browser, port inside apps over to web-based, let them do web mail + web desktop and apps, and you'd just have o worry about the server center, instead of the user community...
I mean, really, how hard is that to figure out?
Now, convincing the lobbyists that they're ruining us all by changing the government's policies to match the corporation's...
Maybe there is a way to legislate the influence out? IANAPolitician, so I don't know... We can't make the legislators impartial, but maybe make it illegal to give $ to them, or for them to profit from legislation...???
...or, more appropriately:
"...each cache of cookie crisps..."
'GooOOoogle CooOOookie Crisps' says the feloniously-dressed dog...
Intro
Eisenhower's speech, in 7 parts
and yes, it is a blog, but a good speech nonetheless.
I'm a big fan also, but I don't think they'll run out of material. Any new tech, especially on slashdot, spawns new ideas about what can/could or what can't/won' be possible with the new tech. For example, everyone knows about the JATO/rocket car myth, which Mythbusters investigated. But combine tht with new tech, and we get something like "Can a hybrid car reach 100mpg?" or something. Other examples of new tech being used for Mythbusters fodder would be: Is it possible to turn a profit at your house (PV panels, combined with extreme energy-savings) Highest altitude attainable for the price of a Honda Civic (borrow Burt Rutan for an episode) The un-foolable lie detector (try to lie while being scanned for "crime-scene" recognition) I could go on for quite a while. Now these aren't technically myths, but I think that they could still keep the spirit of the show. IMHO, tech could lend more to the mythbusters than they could ever hope to approach. I also agree with your point that they are having to dig deeper these days for the good myths, such as the civil war rocket episode. They'll probably have to start picking up 'Modern-day Myths/Challenges' eventually. This is something I try to do myself, and it's wildly entertaining. (i.e. "I'll bet I could build a pulsejet...yeah....")