Since it doesn't run on Linux it will never achieve widespread mainstream acceptance on the SLASHDOT.
There, fixed that for ya!;)
More seriously, I didn;t actually RTFA (yawn). The summary makes it sound like a real stinker (and I have some issues with ATT I'd be modded flamebait for if I listed them). What, exactly, does it bring to a browser that we can't get with IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Konqueror, or any of the other browsers? why, exactly, should we get this browser?
C. Pull out your own eyeballs with a rusty wooden sock.
Just because of that unpleasant image, I'm going to have to subject you to a Vitrectomy.;)
C. Cowboy Neal.
You win, I got nothin' worse than that.
Collectively we're quite evil, but when it comes to free things, we can make the superhuman effort of sharing them.
Even when it comes to non-free things. All those MP3s on the P2P networks were originally ripped from CDs that were purchased for cash. All the items at a charity food pantry were bought with real money. Cash goes into the church collection plates and Salvation Army buckets.
Some people are self-serving, money-grubbing, stingy bastards, and the rest of us are quite generous.
When I started to work at our Laptop shop, I wondered at all those signs "Microsoft Windows is not OFFICE"
Must be all them Linux users that are trying to get by with the Windows that came preinstalled on their new machines. We're used to getting a full office suite with our operating systems!
But you know, I see no reason whatever why the internet shouldn't be at least partly a free, mesh network. Set up all the laptops to be both a client and a server.
Of course, some big multionaltional corporations and their stooges will have hissy fits. Too bad fo rthem, hooray for the rest of us. If I get a laptop, I'll have wifi set up on my desktop, and it will be open. Because I'm not a selfish asshole.
Nearly half of all respondents said that they used the same password for all of their online accounts
Like newspaper registrations? Rather than bother with bugmenot, I just register using bogus data. My password is 111111. Because I really don't give a shit about a newspaper registration. It has nothing whatever to do with security. The Chicago Tribune has no CC#s, SS#s or any other real, personally identifiable information about me; I don't even know why they bother.
Yet this is somehow deemed a "Security risk." And I don't send encrypted data; if it's sensitive information I'll send it snail mail.
First off, yes I did serve, at the end of the Vietnam war. They stopped bombing four days after I reached Utapao, Thailand and the day I got back to the US the headline was "Nixon Resigns!"
Secondly, the people with the "support the troops" ribbons disagree with you (and me) that supporting the troops entails getting them home and out of harm's way.
My point was that the military, as all government functions, are supported by federal taxes.
I want marijuana legalized. Which party should I vote for?
I want it illegal to contribute to more than one candidate in any given race. Which party should I vote for?
I want federal laws to expire after 5 years. Which party do I vote for?
I want it illegal to accept contributions from anyone who isn't eligible to vote for you. Which party should I vote for?
I want the Bono act repealed and copyright terms scaled back to 20 years. Which party should I vote for?
I want the DMCA repealed. Which party should I vote for?
I want the PATRIOT act repealed. Which party should I vote for?
I know it's not the Republicans, nor the Democrats. I couln't care less about gay "marriage" or many of theissues the Republicrats are for or against at all. Neither of the two partys represents my interests. Both parties represent the big corporations, who bankroll their elections.
The problem, as you put it, is determining what's in a file. Who's going to share a file called "kiddie_porn.zip"?
The problem is for those looking for particular LEGAL tunes the independant artist WANTS shared. You may be trying to find an indie song named scatterbrain. Do you have any idea how many dfferent songs have that name? You may not know the name of the band doing a particular song, and there may be three songs with that name, two of which may be RIAA songs. And lets face it, THAT'S what this is aimed at, killing the indies. I don't believe for a minute the RIAA really believes their own bullshit that downloading Britney Spears songs is ruining the market for Britney Spears. Every reputable study says otherwise, that downloads INCREASE sales rather than hurting them.
I was stationed in Dover in the Air Force from 1971 to 1973, now I have one more reason to hate Biden's God-forsaken state. Thanks, Joe, I'd about forgotten about your little hellhole. Now, why would a Senator from Deleware care about the MAFIAA? I'd say it's one more reason to outlaw "contributing to" (bribing) a candidate one is ineligible to vote for.
Not a lot of airplay, these youngsters won't know the reference. Lyrics:
ARTIST: Harry Nilsson TITLE: Coconut
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime His sister had another one, she paid it for the lime
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank 'em both up Put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, and said
Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said Doctor, to relieve this bellyache, I said Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said Doctor, to relieve this bellyache
Now let me get this straight Put the lime in the coconut, you drank 'em both up Put the lime in the coconut, you called your doctor, woke him up, and said
Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said Doctor, to relieve this bellyache, I said Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said Doctor, to relieve this bellyache
You put the lime in the coconut, you drink 'em both together Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime His sister had another one, she paid it for the lime She put the lime in the coconut, she drank 'em both up Put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, and said
Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said Doctor, to relieve this bellyache, I said Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said Now let me get this straight
You put the lime in the coconut, you drink 'em both up Put the lime in the coconut, you're such a silly woman
Put the lime in the coconut, you drink 'em both together Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both down Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
Woo-oo, ain't there nothin' you can take, I said Woo-oo, to relieve your bellyache, you said Woo-oo, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said Woo-oo, to relieve your bellyache, you say
Yeah-ah, ain't there nothing I can take, I say Wow-ow, to relieve this bellyache, I said Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said Doctor, you're such a silly woman
Put the lime in the coconut, you drink 'em both together Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the mo-o-ornin'
Yes, you call me in the morning If you call me in the morning I'll tell you what to do
John Lennon reportedly said the Harry Nillson was his favorite band.
The simple fact is, that both side were terrified of using these. We all knew what would happen
I remember reading an account of a showdown between Gornachev and Reagan. Both were drunk, both had the "nuclear footballs" out. A couple of drunken fools almost decimated the planet.
Could be urban legand, I don't remember where I saw it.
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Since it doesn't run on Linux it will never achieve widespread mainstream acceptance on the SLASHDOT.
;)
There, fixed that for ya!
More seriously, I didn;t actually RTFA (yawn). The summary makes it sound like a real stinker (and I have some issues with ATT I'd be modded flamebait for if I listed them). What, exactly, does it bring to a browser that we can't get with IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Konqueror, or any of the other browsers? why, exactly, should we get this browser?
C. Pull out your own eyeballs with a rusty wooden sock.
;)
Just because of that unpleasant image, I'm going to have to subject you to a Vitrectomy.
C. Cowboy Neal.
You win, I got nothin' worse than that.
Collectively we're quite evil, but when it comes to free things, we can make the superhuman effort of sharing them.
Even when it comes to non-free things. All those MP3s on the P2P networks were originally ripped from CDs that were purchased for cash. All the items at a charity food pantry were bought with real money. Cash goes into the church collection plates and Salvation Army buckets.
Some people are self-serving, money-grubbing, stingy bastards, and the rest of us are quite generous.
IINM (and iANAL) in Illinois you must have a "no trespassing" sign posted before you can prosecute someone for tresspass.
If you set your wifi up unsecured, there's no "no tresspassing" sign.
When I started to work at our Laptop shop, I wondered at all those signs "Microsoft Windows is not OFFICE"
Must be all them Linux users that are trying to get by with the Windows that came preinstalled on their new machines. We're used to getting a full office suite with our operating systems!
Sadly only a handful ever progress past that point
Is that twenty years' experience, or one year's experience twenty times?
But you know, I see no reason whatever why the internet shouldn't be at least partly a free, mesh network. Set up all the laptops to be both a client and a server.
Of course, some big multionaltional corporations and their stooges will have hissy fits. Too bad fo rthem, hooray for the rest of us. If I get a laptop, I'll have wifi set up on my desktop, and it will be open. Because I'm not a selfish asshole.
Nearly half of all respondents said that they used the same password for all of their online accounts
Like newspaper registrations? Rather than bother with bugmenot, I just register using bogus data. My password is 111111. Because I really don't give a shit about a newspaper registration. It has nothing whatever to do with security. The Chicago Tribune has no CC#s, SS#s or any other real, personally identifiable information about me; I don't even know why they bother.
Yet this is somehow deemed a "Security risk." And I don't send encrypted data; if it's sensitive information I'll send it snail mail.
How would the person viewing the film know any different? They're both films.
Yeah? Well iThink you're wrong.
Actually, SCO was Godzilla!
First off, yes I did serve, at the end of the Vietnam war. They stopped bombing four days after I reached Utapao, Thailand and the day I got back to the US the headline was "Nixon Resigns!"
Secondly, the people with the "support the troops" ribbons disagree with you (and me) that supporting the troops entails getting them home and out of harm's way.
My point was that the military, as all government functions, are supported by federal taxes.
I want marijuana legalized. Which party should I vote for?
I want it illegal to contribute to more than one candidate in any given race. Which party should I vote for?
I want federal laws to expire after 5 years. Which party do I vote for?
I want it illegal to accept contributions from anyone who isn't eligible to vote for you. Which party should I vote for?
I want the Bono act repealed and copyright terms scaled back to 20 years. Which party should I vote for?
I want the DMCA repealed. Which party should I vote for?
I want the PATRIOT act repealed. Which party should I vote for?
I know it's not the Republicans, nor the Democrats. I couln't care less about gay "marriage" or many of theissues the Republicrats are for or against at all. Neither of the two partys represents my interests. Both parties represent the big corporations, who bankroll their elections.
Another thing you can do is adopt a child
At 56 I'm a little old to raise any more kids. The youngest of my two girls just turned 21.
iKnow iKnow iKnow
Joe Biden has an overinflated sense of importance
I wonder how much his re-election campaign was funded by the MAFIAA?
Yeah, that's happened to me too. I was afraid of getting "first post" and its automatic "offtopic", "redundant", or "troll" mod.
;)
But I can take a few downmods. Like this offtopic post, for example.
- It is a felony punishable by prison to accept donations from anyone who isn't eligible to vote for you
- It is a felony punishable by prison to "contribute to" more than one candidate in any given race
- All federal laws expire after five years unless reauthorized by the legislator and resigned by the President
We have too damned many laws.It's not that they're idiots, it's that they're convinced that we are. And as we keep electing them to office they're surely right.
The problem, as you put it, is determining what's in a file. Who's going to share a file called "kiddie_porn.zip"?
The problem is for those looking for particular LEGAL tunes the independant artist WANTS shared. You may be trying to find an indie song named scatterbrain. Do you have any idea how many dfferent songs have that name? You may not know the name of the band doing a particular song, and there may be three songs with that name, two of which may be RIAA songs. And lets face it, THAT'S what this is aimed at, killing the indies. I don't believe for a minute the RIAA really believes their own bullshit that downloading Britney Spears songs is ruining the market for Britney Spears. Every reputable study says otherwise, that downloads INCREASE sales rather than hurting them.
And violent scenes of rape? I guess it's now illegal to own a copy of Sudden Impact or High Plains Drifter?
I was stationed in Dover in the Air Force from 1971 to 1973, now I have one more reason to hate Biden's God-forsaken state. Thanks, Joe, I'd about forgotten about your little hellhole. Now, why would a Senator from Deleware care about the MAFIAA? I'd say it's one more reason to outlaw "contributing to" (bribing) a candidate one is ineligible to vote for.
-mcgrew
Why isn't 'this New Scientist article' or even 'The article says' the linked words?
They were when I submitted it.
The simple fact is, that both side were terrified of using these. We all knew what would happen
I remember reading an account of a showdown between Gornachev and Reagan. Both were drunk, both had the "nuclear footballs" out. A couple of drunken fools almost decimated the planet.
Could be urban legand, I don't remember where I saw it.
"occasional forays of illegal shark, tuna and Napoleon Wrasse fishing"
These illegal sharks and tunas smoke pot. Illegal potsmoking tunasharks. Teh horrorz!
You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish. Especially a laser equipped radioactive illegal potsmoking shark!
as far as anyone can tell there hasn't been that much impact on the animals there
When a wild animal in the middle of nowhere dies of cancer, who's going to know?
Dude, this is slashdot. Who cares about TV executives? Put RIAA, MPAA, and SCO executives there.