I myself (i like to call myself fairly familiar with computers, being an utter geek etc) have fallen for that exact tactic once in a while... I see a dialog box, and out of sheer habit (small boxes like that almost invariably means something went wrong, and i'll just have to press ok and watch IE crash, or it's some message telling me something i totally don't need to read...), i click it, only to go "doh! wtf? gaaah!" *push back* "gaah!" *push back furiously to get back to my original site*
Annoying... but cleverly made, i'll have to give them that.
The main problem with java/javascript nowadays is that 95% of the sites that require java or javascript... don't really need it. They almost invariably always adds bullshit which CAN be replaced with less snazzy stuff, but because they CAN, they feel they HAVE to. And turning off javascript almost always means "no webpage for j00!", because the designer of the webpage has been too anal retentive to provide a fall-through version everyone can use.
Hey, some people might want lots of simultaneous direct feeds... Some might even want a virtual clusterfuck or two, with feedback. I'm sure we can figure out a way of using up those 30gps:)
We've tried a lot of different stuff, from helping them (we spent almost all our online time doing just that), to setting up a help site (they happily ignored that, saying "YOU WILL GIVE ME MY ANSWER RIGHT NOW"), and finally to what you see today. If you want to blame anything, blame human stupidity.
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Fine. kill off 2/3rds of the world's population, and tell stupid people not to procreate. In adition, impede a 1 kid per couple limitation. And to those who say "life is precious, we should cherish it", bullshit. it isn't. at the very least, our view of "life" is scewed. A horse gets shot when it breaks its leg, while a human can't even be killed (out of its own free will) when he has like incurable cancer that's giving him excessive pain. 24/7. So don't lecture me about "how sacred life is".
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I can't believe/. actually stooped to these levels. Everybody who's knowledgeable, knows linux isn't an assurance that they will NEVER get the virus. They can't *run* it, sure, but they sure as fuck can get it in the mail.
Incidents like this keep popping up on/., and I seriously wish it wouldn't. It's making me think "there are a lot of fucking stupid linux users out there". And I'm probably right.
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The only reason anyone should really be afraid of their privacy (except with regards to passwds and stuff like that)... would be if you HAVE something you'd rather keep hush-hush.
Do you?
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the iMac strikes me as a... uh, well... gay, cuddly computer. Who wanted those?
As for pretty direct rip... I can agree with the Win3.1 UI, but the Win9X doesn't strike me as a direct rip off of the macos' UI. Sure, it has buttons, menus, pulldown menus etc. All gui's do. They all look pretty much the same, too.
As for the theme, they're emulating the LOOK, and SOME of the feel of Aqua. Not all. Not the little stuff.
Personally, I'm happy with the Win95/98 UI. There IS some gay shit in there (the "ooh, let's webize everything! it's going to be SO leet!" stuff they could've just discarded, I always turn that off). The rest of it I like. Heck, I even like the Windows Explorer thingie, altho I prefer Windows Commander (faster and better).
Then again, someone's cup of tea isn't anothers' cup of tea.
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I can't help but think "what if someone copied the Win95/98 UI, and MS decided to sue THEM?". My first thought is "hmm... it's MS. MS is big. whoever made the theme isn't. people are going to say "M$ $uX, Stick it to them!"".
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It seems to me that you're more the nobody. At least he LOGS HIMSELF ON, and posts INTELLIGENTLY, contrary to you. If you're the same AC I think you are, this is what I've got to say to you:
You suck. Heck, you suck so bad, you make vacuum look crowded. Now either shut the FUCK up, or shut the fuck up.
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There's a huge difference in finding something funny, and actively making fun of individual people.
Don't tell me you don't like watching "America's Funniest Videos" where people make an ass of themselves all the time...
There's no reason to automatically say "UF is dumb because it makes fun of people" -- if we did that to EVERYTHING, well, guess what... we wouldn't have anything called *humour*, and quite frankly, I WANT humour. If you can't take the humour of UF, well tough. Go eat a pie or something.
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Slashdot Mirror
The duckling that went "moo".
I myself (i like to call myself fairly familiar with computers, being an utter geek etc) have fallen for that exact tactic once in a while... I see a dialog box, and out of sheer habit (small boxes like that almost invariably means something went wrong, and i'll just have to press ok and watch IE crash, or it's some message telling me something i totally don't need to read...), i click it, only to go "doh! wtf? gaaah!" *push back* "gaah!" *push back furiously to get back to my original site*
Annoying... but cleverly made, i'll have to give them that.
The main problem with java/javascript nowadays is that 95% of the sites that require java or javascript... don't really need it. They almost invariably always adds bullshit which CAN be replaced with less snazzy stuff, but because they CAN, they feel they HAVE to. And turning off javascript almost always means "no webpage for j00!", because the designer of the webpage has been too anal retentive to provide a fall-through version everyone can use.
Microsoft then? Are they to be forced to use Linux, and like it? :)
Moo.
Maybe because the dude is permanently -1'd? certainly seems like it from his other postings (one or two being at 0, the rest of them are at -1).
s/pick/prick/
Sure, have one.
I'll complain when I have bouts of disconnections 5-7 times each day, each for about 5 minutes.
(read, ISP in growing pains)
Hey, some people might want lots of simultaneous direct feeds... Some might even want a virtual clusterfuck or two, with feedback. I'm sure we can figure out a way of using up those 30gps :)
Yow. whoa there.
8.3 restriction under win95? er... that's DOS's restriction, not Win95's.
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
Fine. kill off 2/3rds of the world's population, and tell stupid people not to procreate. In adition, impede a 1 kid per couple limitation. And to those who say "life is precious, we should cherish it", bullshit. it isn't. at the very least, our view of "life" is scewed. A horse gets shot when it breaks its leg, while a human can't even be killed (out of its own free will) when he has like incurable cancer that's giving him excessive pain. 24/7. So don't lecture me about "how sacred life is".
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
Incidents like this keep popping up on
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99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
Do you?
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
As for pretty direct rip... I can agree with the Win3.1 UI, but the Win9X doesn't strike me as a direct rip off of the macos' UI. Sure, it has buttons, menus, pulldown menus etc. All gui's do. They all look pretty much the same, too.
As for the theme, they're emulating the LOOK, and SOME of the feel of Aqua. Not all. Not the little stuff.
Personally, I'm happy with the Win95/98 UI. There IS some gay shit in there (the "ooh, let's webize everything! it's going to be SO leet!" stuff they could've just discarded, I always turn that off). The rest of it I like. Heck, I even like the Windows Explorer thingie, altho I prefer Windows Commander (faster and better).
Then again, someone's cup of tea isn't anothers' cup of tea.
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
You suck. Heck, you suck so bad, you make vacuum look crowded. Now either shut the FUCK up, or shut the fuck up.
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
No, code doesn't leave nasty white acidic stains on your dress... stay with the code
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
Don't tell me you don't like watching "America's Funniest Videos" where people make an ass of themselves all the time...
There's no reason to automatically say "UF is dumb because it makes fun of people" -- if we did that to EVERYTHING, well, guess what... we wouldn't have anything called *humour*, and quite frankly, I WANT humour. If you can't take the humour of UF, well tough. Go eat a pie or something.
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...
Shoot the Trollisms! Intelligence rules!
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99 little bugs in the code,
99 bugs in the code,
fix one bug, compile it again...