Or you could mail the website maintainers, asking that they remove the block. (Or asking them how much Microsoft is paying them to block people without MSIE.)
Don't forget to mention the competing sites that don't block non-MSIE UserAgents, though. It's motivating:-)
Why do you think global warming will wipe us all out? I think it'll be bad for global biological diversity, i.e. many species will go extinct, but it won't wipe out most of the life on earth. It'll just make the earth a less interesting place:-/
What I am trying to say is the time and money we devote to a problem should be roughly proportunate to the size of the danger times the probablity of it occuring.
Okay. size_of_danger * probability, you say.
Now, in the case of an asteroid impact which can eliminate many species (all 'big' animals and plants), I'd say size_of_danger approaches infinity. If a big enough rock hits us with enough speed etc., we're all toast. Not just a couple hundred people in some backwater place. All of us. Even if the probability is extremely low, it is not zero. It's happened before, several times.
I disagree - what people want is the ability to swap files without incompatibilities between systems. Look at MP3s as a simple example. Any chance M$ is going to monopolize an application using the MP3 format?
Why do you think Microsoft has its own media codecs nowadays?
If this technology is ever perfected (or made good enough), it would be extremely useful for space exploration, although it would probably be obseleted by any warp drive-like inventions.
Isn't there a problem with ice crystals forming in cells of frozen tissue, which destroy the cells' structure? Wouldn't it be smart to avoid this crystallization process when freezing, somehow?
Good suggestion about using a battery. I heard power outages aren't uncommon in the US. And anyway, you shouldn't run the risk, even is the power is extremely reliable.
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Or you could mail the website maintainers, asking that they remove the block. (Or asking them how much Microsoft is paying them to block people without MSIE.)
:-)
Don't forget to mention the competing sites that don't block non-MSIE UserAgents, though. It's motivating
Except for prime numbers :-P
Debian is a non-profit organisation.
As a Dutchman, I'm pretty confident that Rotterdam isn't in China :-P
This program is sort of a hack, as I wrote it quickly. It's not neat OO code, but it does seem to work.
Crap. I can't even post it on Slashdot due to the lame lameness filter which the trolls seem to have no problem circumventing.
I couldn't post it on Slashdot, so I posted it in the Monastery.
You mean Pentiumhouse?
Yes. But first, ask them to read it to you, because you can't read it because you're dyslexic to legalese :-P
Hehheh. It would be more than Slashdotted.
:-P
They'd have to use a Beowulf... ah, nevermind
You got my reference :-)
First one, then the other :-P
Why does the lobsterman not just eat the humans? :-P
Well, it is more likely to happen, yes. But it also is possible to adapt to it. I agree, it is a serious danger.
Why do you think global warming will wipe us all out? I think it'll be bad for global biological diversity, i.e. many species will go extinct, but it won't wipe out most of the life on earth. It'll just make the earth a less interesting place :-/
Okay. size_of_danger * probability, you say.
Now, in the case of an asteroid impact which can eliminate many species (all 'big' animals and plants), I'd say size_of_danger approaches infinity. If a big enough rock hits us with enough speed etc., we're all toast. Not just a couple hundred people in some backwater place. All of us. Even if the probability is extremely low, it is not zero. It's happened before, several times.
infinity * really_small_number == infinity
That's why people think it's a priority.
Why do you think Microsoft has its own media codecs nowadays?
Nah, they'd be safe. They're reverse engineering for "interoperability purposes".
He probably warned us because of his own experience :-)
Yes, and the next day, you find the one changed into a two...
Then they should phone Alcor immediately :-)
By the year 3000, we'll have the technology to keep human heads alive in jars, even those of people like Nixon ;-)
If this technology is ever perfected (or made good enough), it would be extremely useful for space exploration, although it would probably be obseleted by any warp drive-like inventions.
Hello, Thud457's head! Did you ever go to the Head Museum? It's free on Tuesdays!
"So long, coffinstuffers!"
*crash*
"Erm, could one of you coffinstuffers kindly take me to the head museum?"
Isn't there a problem with ice crystals forming in cells of frozen tissue, which destroy the cells' structure? Wouldn't it be smart to avoid this crystallization process when freezing, somehow?
All those lines in spam claiming to be compliant with some US law are bogus, even in the US. Those laws were proposed, but never passed. (AFAIK)
Good suggestion about using a battery. I heard power outages aren't uncommon in the US. And anyway, you shouldn't run the risk, even is the power is extremely reliable.