actually, when no web browser conforms to the standard, it shows exactly how important the standards are;) (I think we're using different definitions of "meaningful")
besides, you'll find that in *most* cases creating a website to the standards will make every browser apart from IE work fine. That is, when you code to the commonly implemented standards
Actually, Microsoft DO make money off their web broswer. The same way Mozilla makes money off firefox while giving it away for free. Advertising.
Almost every install of Internet Explorer is set with msn as the home page. This means people are more likely to use MSN, meaning they get ad revenue when people click on the ads. This is of course paid for by us, the end user, when we buy the advertised product.
So IE is not free, and they make plenty of money off it.
try saying that after you've just spent hours hacking a website so that it will render properly on internet explorer. When there are 5 or 6 different choices for web browsers, standards are critical
as far as I can tell, performance, performance, performance. Although the performance hit is negligable, in marketing speak not many people care about security by design, whereas people will certainly notice if their application is slower because every time an array element is read/written to it has to be checked for whether it is out of bounds of the array.
Hopefully with computers getting faster these kinds of issues will take a back seat. I already write most of my code with my own little buffer handling wrapper
This is an interesting example of the differences between Windows and Unix
In *nix you run as a limited user and only those processes which need administrative right you grant with sudo In Windows you run as an administrator and then those processes which could be potentially dangerous you run as a non-privelaged user
I'm sure even the most average user could tell which of these two practises are the most insecure. (And yes, I run Windows as an administrator and Linux as a limited user)
Well it seems that most of these issues while definitely are moving the countries ahead in the terms of the general public, will cause the super rich to become poorer. And in USA we all know where the real power lies.
Hell, don't get me wrong, I run linux myself. But an innovator? I'm sorry but MOST of the innovation on the desktop (currently) comes from one place, and it isn't Linux, nor is it Windows.
novell's YaST and Control Centre are fantastic, you can pretty much configure anything with them
The only problem is it's so SLOW, especially if I want to install more software. Fedora's package manager is equally slow. Ubuntu is fantastic in this regard, Synaptic package manager beats the pants off all other competition that I have seen
interesting, my install of fedora core 5 came in multi window mode out of the box (interestingly enough, the only distro I've tried which does) and it took me 10 seconds to find the option to switch (edit, preferences, behaviour, Always open in browser windows)
no need o download and manually configure wpa_supplicant. Everyone seems to think this is the only way as if NetworkManager wasn't included on the install cd (sorry, alternate cd). one install and wireless is set up with no hassles
Motorola were part of a group of phone companies coming up with a standardised API for Linux Smartphones. So yes, there will be a possibility that apps will run all all those systems.
actually I believe the idea was to get the kids to actually teach themselves and learn about the real operating of a computer. I'm sure the linux stuff will be there (as well as the GUI). I imagine that they will have the option to go wherever they want with it.
unfortunately, it's a problem without a short term solution
people are still sexist so if you cut the affirmative action then you end up with people hiring men because they're men. If you put in the affirmative action then you end up with people hiring women because they're women. Either way in the short term you have problems.
I think that affirmative action is more damaging in the long term, because it tends to get people thinking more about the differences between the sexes, and it causes more and more women to kick up a fuss if a man is hired over them, which will only get worse, in my opinion. I think most people (if not all) have gotten over the gender bias and won't hire a man over a woman because they think men are better, but they will hire a woman over a man so they don't get sued.
Probably the best solution is let the people who want men hire men. Eventually they will all retire and be replaced with a new generation which hopefully won't be exposed to all this gender bias. Society as a whole has gotten over the issue and now it's just a few nutcases on either side who keep rocking the boat. Just ignore them and eventually we'll get back on course.
to be honest I think affirmative action tends to cause people to think more about the segregation of the sexes. Although in the short term it does help improve the situation, in the long term what needs to be changed is people's attitudes. In my opinion affirmative action is simply drawing more attention to the fact that men and women are treated differently, when we should be doing the opposite, teaching the next generation of people to ignore the gender and concentrate on people as
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I find the funniest part is that the most compelling content for the PSP was created by Nintendo.
my god, your poor eyes!
actually, when no web browser conforms to the standard, it shows exactly how important the standards are ;) (I think we're using different definitions of "meaningful")
besides, you'll find that in *most* cases creating a website to the standards will make every browser apart from IE work fine. That is, when you code to the commonly implemented standards
Actually, Microsoft DO make money off their web broswer. The same way Mozilla makes money off firefox while giving it away for free. Advertising.
Almost every install of Internet Explorer is set with msn as the home page. This means people are more likely to use MSN, meaning they get ad revenue when people click on the ads. This is of course paid for by us, the end user, when we buy the advertised product.
So IE is not free, and they make plenty of money off it.
try saying that after you've just spent hours hacking a website so that it will render properly on internet explorer. When there are 5 or 6 different choices for web browsers, standards are critical
I think this is the default behaviour in linux only, in windows the default behaviour is to highlight the entire URL
Not that I know of. There are a lot of options in about:config, it would be one incredibly complex GUI to be able to change them all.
There might be an extension that will allow you to set more common variables... But I don't know of it. For now, this is good enough for me
find the option or enter into the filter:
and set it to true. This is one of the first things I change. I never understood why the default option is not to select all...
as far as I can tell, performance, performance, performance. Although the performance hit is negligable, in marketing speak not many people care about security by design, whereas people will certainly notice if their application is slower because every time an array element is read/written to it has to be checked for whether it is out of bounds of the array.
Hopefully with computers getting faster these kinds of issues will take a back seat. I already write most of my code with my own little buffer handling wrapper
This is an interesting example of the differences between Windows and Unix
In *nix you run as a limited user and only those processes which need administrative right you grant with sudo
In Windows you run as an administrator and then those processes which could be potentially dangerous you run as a non-privelaged user
I'm sure even the most average user could tell which of these two practises are the most insecure. (And yes, I run Windows as an administrator and Linux as a limited user)
That's what Microsoft wants us to think.
It will depend on what kind of support Windows gets on it. If it doesn't come with a driver disc then it's going to be a bit of a pain to install...
Every time Someone asks a question in the slashdot summary, it always gets three tags, "yes", "no", "maybe".
Interestingly enough this one only got yes. You heard it here first, people. Norton is officially a joke. (who am I kidding, everybody knew that)
Well it seems that most of these issues while definitely are moving the countries ahead in the terms of the general public, will cause the super rich to become poorer. And in USA we all know where the real power lies.
looks to me you got modded up quite a bit for all your arguing. I wouldn't call it a loss...
Hell, don't get me wrong, I run linux myself. But an innovator? I'm sorry but MOST of the innovation on the desktop (currently) comes from one place, and it isn't Linux, nor is it Windows.
interesting, last time I checked PCs were outselling Macs about 20:1 on the desktop...
who the hell wants to look at pr0n in a free public WiFi hotspot anyway? Honestly, do it in the privacy of your own home, you sicko ;)
novell's YaST and Control Centre are fantastic, you can pretty much configure anything with them
The only problem is it's so SLOW, especially if I want to install more software. Fedora's package manager is equally slow. Ubuntu is fantastic in this regard, Synaptic package manager beats the pants off all other competition that I have seen
interesting, my install of fedora core 5 came in multi window mode out of the box (interestingly enough, the only distro I've tried which does) and it took me 10 seconds to find the option to switch (edit, preferences, behaviour, Always open in browser windows)
no need o download and manually configure wpa_supplicant. Everyone seems to think this is the only way as if NetworkManager wasn't included on the install cd (sorry, alternate cd). one install and wireless is set up with no hassles
Motorola were part of a group of phone companies coming up with a standardised API for Linux Smartphones. So yes, there will be a possibility that apps will run all all those systems.
It's not a bug... it's a feature!
actually I believe the idea was to get the kids to actually teach themselves and learn about the real operating of a computer. I'm sure the linux stuff will be there (as well as the GUI). I imagine that they will have the option to go wherever they want with it.
unfortunately, it's a problem without a short term solution
people are still sexist so if you cut the affirmative action then you end up with people hiring men because they're men. If you put in the affirmative action then you end up with people hiring women because they're women. Either way in the short term you have problems.
I think that affirmative action is more damaging in the long term, because it tends to get people thinking more about the differences between the sexes, and it causes more and more women to kick up a fuss if a man is hired over them, which will only get worse, in my opinion. I think most people (if not all) have gotten over the gender bias and won't hire a man over a woman because they think men are better, but they will hire a woman over a man so they don't get sued.
Probably the best solution is let the people who want men hire men. Eventually they will all retire and be replaced with a new generation which hopefully won't be exposed to all this gender bias. Society as a whole has gotten over the issue and now it's just a few nutcases on either side who keep rocking the boat. Just ignore them and eventually we'll get back on course.
to be honest I think affirmative action tends to cause people to think more about the segregation of the sexes. Although in the short term it does help improve the situation, in the long term what needs to be changed is people's attitudes. In my opinion affirmative action is simply drawing more attention to the fact that men and women are treated differently, when we should be doing the opposite, teaching the next generation of people to ignore the gender and concentrate on people as