While I agree with you to some extent, the arguments you provided are flawed.
BeOS was really never anything more than a tech demo. At that time Apple was interested in buying it and using BeOS as the base for their next OS when the Copland project failed miserably. They bought Next instead, and used NextStep. Be Inc. just couldn't compete. Too bad, because it was the most advanced operating system at that time.
Netscape was squashed by Internet Explorer, but it was not because of Microsoft's evil voodoo practices. It happened because IE was a far better product on both Windows and Mac, and to some extent even UNIX (yes, there was a UNIX port of IE 4 and 5).
Believe it or not, virtual desktops have never ever made me more productive. For me it's just a useless extra step in switching windows or applications.
I can manage my windows on a single desktop just fine, thank you. Be it Windows, Mac OS, GNOME or KDE, I don't need that kind of functionality, just like the majority of other people. For the minority out there, there are third party solutions that provide virtual desktops in operating systems that don't have them built in.
Flash 10 works fine with Opera on my Intel Mac. When I went to the download site, there was also a PPC version, so I guess there shouldn't be any problems either.
A big, powerful, arrogant company is telling me that their very iffy handling of my personal data is "OK" because some other big, powerful and arrogant company is already doing pretty much the same?
No, they're telling you that you can *explicitly* turn on an option to share *some* information about your browsing habits. I know this is Slashdot, but some people get overparanoid.
It's *my* content and *I* decide what you're allowed to do with it.
Why the hell do you call the guys over at SFX greedy? They are running a company, they signed contracts and it's just a part of their way of making business. They are not a charity organization. I dare you to start your own business and try to make money off of it, beacuse, apparently, you have no idea how things work.
Sure, SFX should have made the access to the files harder, their bad, but by forgetting to lock my front door, am I inviting anyone in the neighborhood to come over while I'm away?
I'm really surprised that you got modded +3 Insightful, but there seem to be more commie freaks like you here.
1) Some government site changed their webpages
2) Guy A can't load it and assumes he's being blocked because he's using an oddball browser
3) Guy A complains and is told by Guy B to stop using his oddball browser and get over it
4) Guy A goes ballistic on his blog
5) Guys C, D and E respond to Guy A's blog and say "we're using opera and it works fine for us, must be something on your end"
6) Because it's blog drama, one man's fucked-up configuration problems ends up on slashdot
People assume I'm doing it for self-promotion, marketing, a hoax or something like that. I'm talking to you because I want it to be known that it's not a hoax. I'm just too ordinary. I'm just too unclever for that.
O RLY? Take a look at this pic, supposedly taken with the stolen camera phone, then at this one, the first result for "Chavelle" on Google Images. Looks familiar? And I'm not taking his lame excuses.
1. Take your MacBook and sit it on table
2. Log in to the MacBook with your username and password
3. Turn on "Remote Login" in the "Sharing" system preferences pane if it isn't already on
4. Select your wireless network from the menu in the menubar and enter the password
5. Write down the IP address that you see in the TCP/IP tab of the airport settings on the MacBook. You'll need it later.
6. Take a different computer of yours and connect to the same wireless network and enter the password
7. Bring up a terminal and type in ssh://
8. At the login prompt enter your username and password
9. You're in baby, have a fuckin' field day!!!
The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) stated in the year 2000 that only 31 people died because of the disaster, and 134 people could have been potentialy exposed to radiation. Furthermore, it's quite possible that most of the 1800 cases of thyroidal cancer diagnosed after the disaster in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus where not the effect of radiation, but rather the result of a scrupulous medical research that was never conducted before on such a mass scale.
The next time you quote some figures, make sure you have offcial scientific documents to back up your theories. The UNSCEAR report I quoted has almost identical statistics and conclusions as reports from WHO, UNDP, UNICEF, and UN-OCHA.
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Microsoft managed to squash Netscape, BeOS
While I agree with you to some extent, the arguments you provided are flawed.
BeOS was really never anything more than a tech demo. At that time Apple was interested in buying it and using BeOS as the base for their next OS when the Copland project failed miserably. They bought Next instead, and used NextStep. Be Inc. just couldn't compete. Too bad, because it was the most advanced operating system at that time.
Netscape was squashed by Internet Explorer, but it was not because of Microsoft's evil voodoo practices. It happened because IE was a far better product on both Windows and Mac, and to some extent even UNIX (yes, there was a UNIX port of IE 4 and 5).
"Think Children" is the new "Think Different".
Yeah, like multitask?
In case you didn't know, Opera wants to have a new version ready before the Windows browser ballot screen for the EU is in effect.
You know, my first thought when I read "seven seconds is too long" was...
... ord3r V1@gra n0w !!!!!!!!!!!1!!!
You forgot Asia, a bigger Symbian market than both the US and Europe combined. So yeah, your argument is moot, as Hurricane78 put it.
Where did you find MS Word for free?
There you go. Word 5.5 for DOS for free directly from Microsoft:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe
Believe it or not, virtual desktops have never ever made me more productive. For me it's just a useless extra step in switching windows or applications.
I can manage my windows on a single desktop just fine, thank you. Be it Windows, Mac OS, GNOME or KDE, I don't need that kind of functionality, just like the majority of other people. For the minority out there, there are third party solutions that provide virtual desktops in operating systems that don't have them built in.
the start bar doesn't have "run" on it the way XP does
Just because it's disabled by default, it doesn't mean it's not there.
- right click "Start" and choose "Properties"
- go to the "Start menu" tab, click "Customize"
- check "Run command"
Flash 10 works fine with Opera on my Intel Mac. When I went to the download site, there was also a PPC version, so I guess there shouldn't be any problems either.
A big, powerful, arrogant company is telling me that their very iffy handling of my personal data is "OK" because some other big, powerful and arrogant company is already doing pretty much the same?
No, they're telling you that you can *explicitly* turn on an option to share *some* information about your browsing habits. I know this is Slashdot, but some people get overparanoid.
I, for once, welcome our Jack Thompson overlord.
1. Glibness/superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth
3. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
4. Pathological lying
5. Cunning/manipulative
6. Lack of remorse or guilt
7. Shallow affect
8. Callous/lack of empathy
9. Parasitic lifestyle
10. Poor behavioral controls
11. Promiscuous sexual behavior
12. Early behavioral problems
13. Lack of realistic, long-term goals
14. Impulsivity
15. Irresponsibility
16. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
17. Many short-term marital relationships
18. Juvenile delinquency
19. Revocation of conditional release
20. Criminal versatility
21. ???
22. Profit!
It's *my* content and *I* decide what you're allowed to do with it.
Why the hell do you call the guys over at SFX greedy? They are running a company, they signed contracts and it's just a part of their way of making business. They are not a charity organization. I dare you to start your own business and try to make money off of it, beacuse, apparently, you have no idea how things work.
Sure, SFX should have made the access to the files harder, their bad, but by forgetting to lock my front door, am I inviting anyone in the neighborhood to come over while I'm away?
I'm really surprised that you got modded +3 Insightful, but there seem to be more commie freaks like you here.
1) Some government site changed their webpages
2) Guy A can't load it and assumes he's being blocked because he's using an oddball browser
3) Guy A complains and is told by Guy B to stop using his oddball browser and get over it
4) Guy A goes ballistic on his blog
5) Guys C, D and E respond to Guy A's blog and say "we're using opera and it works fine for us, must be something on your end"
6) Because it's blog drama, one man's fucked-up configuration problems ends up on slashdot
7) ???
8) Profit!
In Soviet Russia Republicans vote YOU.
People assume I'm doing it for self-promotion, marketing, a hoax or something like that. I'm talking to you because I want it to be known that it's not a hoax. I'm just too ordinary. I'm just too unclever for that.
O RLY? Take a look at this pic, supposedly taken with the stolen camera phone, then at this one, the first result for "Chavelle" on Google Images. Looks familiar? And I'm not taking his lame excuses.
1. Take your MacBook and sit it on table
2. Log in to the MacBook with your username and password
3. Turn on "Remote Login" in the "Sharing" system preferences pane if it isn't already on
4. Select your wireless network from the menu in the menubar and enter the password
5. Write down the IP address that you see in the TCP/IP tab of the airport settings on the MacBook. You'll need it later.
6. Take a different computer of yours and connect to the same wireless network and enter the password
7. Bring up a terminal and type in ssh://
8. At the login prompt enter your username and password
9. You're in baby, have a fuckin' field day!!!
10. ???
11. Profit!
1. cover storefronts with plain brown paper
2. remove all identifying and distinguishing characteristics
3. ???
4. profit!
1. Gather mandatory background information and documents on the American client's past criminal history.
2. Provide the man's background information to any woman who has correspondence with an American through their site.
3. Check the National Sex Offender public registry and state public registry for each U.S client.
4. Secure a signed, written consent from the lady before releasing her contact information to the American client interested in her.
5. Provide her a brochure (created by our government) to explain her U.S. rights to her.
6. ???
7. PROFIT !!!1!!!!!
That's one of the funniest comments I've read in a long time. Too bad I don't have any mod points.
Here's a virtual +1 Funny: Killing Joke from me.
He's been wishing for/predicting Apple will die for about 18 years now.
Dvorak can't be wishing for Apple to die, because he's been making big money on predicting Apple's demise for about 18 years now.
No, you got your facts wrong.
The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) stated in the year 2000 that only 31 people died because of the disaster, and 134 people could have been potentialy exposed to radiation. Furthermore, it's quite possible that most of the 1800 cases of thyroidal cancer diagnosed after the disaster in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus where not the effect of radiation, but rather the result of a scrupulous medical research that was never conducted before on such a mass scale.
The next time you quote some figures, make sure you have offcial scientific documents to back up your theories. The UNSCEAR report I quoted has almost identical statistics and conclusions as reports from WHO, UNDP, UNICEF, and UN-OCHA.
hands-free auto-erotic stimulation
This might actually come in useful. At least until they fix Google Romance, because all it's giving me now is a bunch of 404 errors.
> less-than-three less-than-three less-than-three!!!
mushroom mushroom
> conical-penis-with-balls, conical-penis-with-balls, conical-penis-with-balls
snake, it's a snaaake!