I think there is a big difference between keeping opposing browsers off 4/5 of the worlds desktops and keeping it off a very, very, very small % of the phone market.
or is it getting harder to sound excited about each beta release of a browser? All they do is smarten up the interface. Any speed increases are negligible unless they can render it faster than the pipes can download it. It is not like any of them are going to do anything too revolutionary as all they are doing is implementing standards.
I have been watching the Diggnation video podcast thing. They should really get Alex to be the new poster boy for AD&D. If the world knew that people who looked like surfer dudes played it, it might lose some of its stigma.
Nearest I came to playing it in the last 20 years was a quick bit of Neverwinter Nights.
Maybe not but I believe the IRA and similar organisations did resort to bootlegging CDs and DVDs in an effort to make money. If you are an illegal organisation you usually have to resort to illegal means to make money.
I could start an Social Networking website with no adverts and no creepy big brother stuff. Only thing is, I would have to charge. Do you think I would get many takers?
Given my opinion we would have two buttons "bookmark Page" and "Bookmark Site". The former bookmarks the current page while the latter just bookmarks the top level domain. Why do this? Because most of the time i just want to bookmark the site so I can come back to it later. Invariably though you have to bookmark "www.a.b.com\default.htm" and a couple of months later that gets replaced with "default2.htm" or something. Quite a lot of my bookmarks lead to old pages (which never get updated) or 404s. Yeah, I know the websites could do some clever redirecting but how likely is that?
for games to take off with non gaming crowds it requires a new way of thinking from them. rather than passively watching TV/films and listening to music, they should want to take part in their chosen game. virtual soap operas? virtual Will Smith adventures?
and who knows, if everyone starts taking part in things (life, elections, etc) the world might become a better place.
Homer Simpson said it best ...
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I want to share something with you - the three sentences that will get you through life.
Number one, 'cover for me.' Number two, 'oh, good idea, boss. ' Number three, 'it was like that when I got here.
black hole == lots of matter going somewhere but we don't know where. big bang == lots of matter coming from somewhere but we don't know where.
I like to think that for each black hole in our universe there is a big bang in another parallel universe. the multiverse would be in a constant state of flux as universes grew, and then when enough balck holes had appeared, were sucked out to make the raw material for new universes. these in turn eventually draining into others.
Don't blame me if no one pays for it if they can get it for free. Then in a years time when all the record companies have gone bust due to lack of income, there will be nothing to pirate. Or listen to for that matter.
I know, but your average open source contributor is of a more liberal disposition than your average factory worker. They like to think they are doing something for the good of the world/project and to find out "the man" was using it for evil deeds would probably upset them.
Is it ethically correct for the army or the government to use OS software? Who knows maybe the whole Iraq war was planned on Linux machines, documented in Open Office with the head count stored in a MySql database. Wouldn't that rather taint the developers?
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I think there is a big difference between keeping opposing browsers off 4/5 of the worlds desktops and keeping it off a very, very, very small % of the phone market.
or is it getting harder to sound excited about each beta release of a browser? All they do is smarten up the interface. Any speed increases are negligible unless they can render it faster than the pipes can download it. It is not like any of them are going to do anything too revolutionary as all they are doing is implementing standards.
I have been watching the Diggnation video podcast thing. They should really get Alex to be the new poster boy for AD&D. If the world knew that people who looked like surfer dudes played it, it might lose some of its stigma.
Nearest I came to playing it in the last 20 years was a quick bit of Neverwinter Nights.
Heaven help us if thats true.
Maybe not but I believe the IRA and similar organisations did resort to bootlegging CDs and DVDs in an effort to make money. If you are an illegal organisation you usually have to resort to illegal means to make money.
I could start an Social Networking website with no adverts and no creepy big brother stuff. Only thing is, I would have to charge. Do you think I would get many takers?
Will this kill HD-DVD as a data storage medium for PCs as well?
Given my opinion we would have two buttons "bookmark Page" and "Bookmark Site". The former bookmarks the current page while the latter just bookmarks the top level domain. Why do this? Because most of the time i just want to bookmark the site so I can come back to it later. Invariably though you have to bookmark "www.a.b.com\default.htm" and a couple of months later that gets replaced with "default2.htm" or something. Quite a lot of my bookmarks lead to old pages (which never get updated) or 404s. Yeah, I know the websites could do some clever redirecting but how likely is that?
for games to take off with non gaming crowds it requires a new way of thinking from them. rather than passively watching TV/films and listening to music, they should want to take part in their chosen game. virtual soap operas? virtual Will Smith adventures?
and who knows, if everyone starts taking part in things (life, elections, etc) the world might become a better place.
I want to share something with you - the three sentences that will get you through life.
Number one, 'cover for me.'
Number two, 'oh, good idea, boss. '
Number three, 'it was like that when I got here.
I hear she is in the "game" business ...
you crack me up, you do.
black hole == lots of matter going somewhere but we don't know where.
big bang == lots of matter coming from somewhere but we don't know where.
I like to think that for each black hole in our universe there is a big bang in another parallel universe. the multiverse would be in a constant state of flux as universes grew, and then when enough balck holes had appeared, were sucked out to make the raw material for new universes. these in turn eventually draining into others.
Just what I was thinking. If nothing else they would probably be an accessory to the crime. Aiding and abetting or something like that.
That's where I generally find things when I lose them.
If it was free there would be as much spam in your phone as there is in your in-box.
Blue Screen of Death actually. Just needs someone to go up and reboot it.
Sorry, but LOL !!!
Don't blame me if no one pays for it if they can get it for free. Then in a years time when all the record companies have gone bust due to lack of income, there will be nothing to pirate. Or listen to for that matter.
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Perhaps it wants a db it can install for all the cheapskates who buy their hardware but don't want to fork out for an expensive db.
The whole thing is just so f*cked up.
I know, but your average open source contributor is of a more liberal disposition than your average factory worker. They like to think they are doing something for the good of the world/project and to find out "the man" was using it for evil deeds would probably upset them.
But it's not worth it.
Is it ethically correct for the army or the government to use OS software? Who knows maybe the whole Iraq war was planned on Linux machines, documented in Open Office with the head count stored in a MySql database. Wouldn't that rather taint the developers?