I've been using OSX Firefox for a long time, and brother, right now, it is *seriously* broken. Were it my product, it'd be time to stop with the new features and FIX it before going on. It behaves pathologically when trying to answer posts on slashdot
Whoa there! Try reading slashdot on a mobile phone (and not using the old format). Then realize it is not Firefox which is broken, it is slashdot.
And some high paying "jobs" for the few people or institutions that can afford to spend $100,000. Hey, maybe the Mass Gov should get in on that action. I bet they can afford $100,000.
A professional to reinstall XP? Are you serious? That professional is me when I was 13/14 years old as I was the nephew that knew about computers.
And a poor graduate student in computer science kept getting rooted by the blaster worm because she "knew about computers", and reinstalled her OS (XP, no service pack), plugged it into the network for updates, and her laptop start rebooting in less than a minute. She did that three times before asking a professional for help. Whenever I'm about to leave on a long car trip, I get a professional to give my car the once over. I know how to change the oil, tires, brake pads, etc. But I know a pro will do a better job.
Stop treating employees like shit.
For an ex-employee to goto this trouble. You had to have done something to deserve it.
Not really. Asshole employees are fired regularly, and the BSA has commercials running saying things like "just fired? Report your ex employer and earn a reward!"
And don't kid yourself, you're never offline, you fucking nerds.
My Internet access at home was down for two weeks straight this month while I tried to convince my ISP that their dhcp server wasn't working ("we haven't heard any other complaints") then magically it was working again. If I would have been stupid enough to buy any DRM laden malware then I'd be without said games every time this happens (3 times a year, but not usually longer than 3 days for resolution).
No thanks to the copyright brigade. If this isn't a good reason to totally abolish copyright I don't know what is. We're getting totalitarianism as a result of commercial capitalism trying to protect its interests using the state. This is why free market fundamentalists are such fuckups, this is the natural result of free market principles taken to their natural conclusion in a human society.
To play Devil's advocate, how exactly is "state intervention" equatable to "free market principles" as defined by the "free market fundamentalists"? Isn't the use of law to define commerce (patents/trademark/copyright) the antithesis of the absolute-free-market folk's point of view?
Of course there are lots of stinkers. Most notably Ang Lee's Hulk
With the exception of the Absorbing Man being Banner's father, I thoroughly enjoyed Ang Lee's Hulk. The only Hulk movies prior to that were made for TV and starred Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Ang Lee's Hulk much more closely resembled the comic book story line.
Which has been clearly shown via multi-stage crossovers (Ultimate-Zombie-Normal / Ultimate-UltimateSquadronSupreme-SquadronSupreme-Normal) to be just another Marvel continuity: Earth-1610 (Normal is Earth-616)
Galactus: a Tragedy of Universal Proportions.
Dr. Doom vs Mephisto. Yo Mama Fight. ("Yo Mama was so dumb, I stole her soul and am keeping it in Hell!")
Red Skull, an insightful look into the caring side of a Megalomaniac Nazi General.
Solomon Grundy vs "The Zombie" crossover film. A new cult classic!
The Osprey. What happens after the Osprey is rejected from the Frightful Four tryouts? It's a madcap whirlwind rush for a one page wonder from Marvel comics golden age!
Mr. Mxyzptlk. Four hours of a stationary picture of Mr. Mxyzptlk, with a rumor that there's a cliffhanger scene after the credits. There is not.
So if a doctor says you're ill, you'd get a second opinion from a carpenter?
No, but if Dr.Bob,DC (2076168) were to tell me I had a deadly subluxation and needed chiropracty STAT, I wouldn't seek the second opinion of another chiropractor. Quackery fuels quakery. Asking a medical doctor about those subluxations might be prudent. A lot of people view climate scientist as quacks. Maybe they're not, but asking someone without a vested interest in saying the same thing would be prudent.
Citizen interest groups. I'm not a fan of every little thing the ACLU does, but at least they aren't morphing the role of citizen into the role of consumer.
Slashdot Mirror
Unless you've been living under a rock, it should be obvious that browsers have been trending toward less chrome
I believe GP was being too subtle and should have said Chrome instead of chrome.
I've been using OSX Firefox for a long time, and brother, right now, it is *seriously* broken. Were it my product, it'd be time to stop with the new features and FIX it before going on. It behaves pathologically when trying to answer posts on slashdot
Whoa there! Try reading slashdot on a mobile phone (and not using the old format). Then realize it is not Firefox which is broken, it is slashdot.
And some high paying "jobs" for the few people or institutions that can afford to spend $100,000. Hey, maybe the Mass Gov should get in on that action. I bet they can afford $100,000.
When you're good at math, who cares about geography?
Someone's finally planning to plan to do something with the spectrum? We didn't downgrade ourselves to digital TV for nothing?
Doesn't she realize that the geek squad staff may not even have diplomas?
A professional to reinstall XP? Are you serious? That professional is me when I was 13/14 years old as I was the nephew that knew about computers.
And a poor graduate student in computer science kept getting rooted by the blaster worm because she "knew about computers", and reinstalled her OS (XP, no service pack), plugged it into the network for updates, and her laptop start rebooting in less than a minute. She did that three times before asking a professional for help. Whenever I'm about to leave on a long car trip, I get a professional to give my car the once over. I know how to change the oil, tires, brake pads, etc. But I know a pro will do a better job.
That's why you disconnect the computer from the Internet before downloading the updates. Oh, wait...
That's why you manually download the updates from technet.microsoft.com on a known good computer and sneakernet them to the newly installed computer.
Stop treating employees like shit. For an ex-employee to goto this trouble. You had to have done something to deserve it.
Not really. Asshole employees are fired regularly, and the BSA has commercials running saying things like "just fired? Report your ex employer and earn a reward!"
And don't kid yourself, you're never offline, you fucking nerds.
My Internet access at home was down for two weeks straight this month while I tried to convince my ISP that their dhcp server wasn't working ("we haven't heard any other complaints") then magically it was working again. If I would have been stupid enough to buy any DRM laden malware then I'd be without said games every time this happens (3 times a year, but not usually longer than 3 days for resolution).
No thanks to the copyright brigade. If this isn't a good reason to totally abolish copyright I don't know what is. We're getting totalitarianism as a result of commercial capitalism trying to protect its interests using the state. This is why free market fundamentalists are such fuckups, this is the natural result of free market principles taken to their natural conclusion in a human society.
To play Devil's advocate, how exactly is "state intervention" equatable to "free market principles" as defined by the "free market fundamentalists"? Isn't the use of law to define commerce (patents/trademark/copyright) the antithesis of the absolute-free-market folk's point of view?
Do you realize that the concept of "swear" words is completely ridiculous, arbitrary, and vary greatly from culture to culture?
Who gives a flying cholaflazwhyng about that? Plymble off and get back to work - juznuxer!
The fact that parent was downmodded implies that swear words are from context, not the mere words themselves. Bravo, Anonymous Coward.
"It's only a model." -Patsy
Wowwie! I'd better go join the local Elk Lodge so I can study those answers!
Of course there are lots of stinkers. Most notably Ang Lee's Hulk
With the exception of the Absorbing Man being Banner's father, I thoroughly enjoyed Ang Lee's Hulk. The only Hulk movies prior to that were made for TV and starred Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Ang Lee's Hulk much more closely resembled the comic book story line.
next will be the Kardashians movie, and then it's time for "Ass" the movie.
Can't they be the same movie?
Ok, not rebooted... but Ultimate Marvel?
Which has been clearly shown via multi-stage crossovers (Ultimate-Zombie-Normal / Ultimate-UltimateSquadronSupreme-SquadronSupreme-Normal) to be just another Marvel continuity: Earth-1610 (Normal is Earth-616)
Galactus: a Tragedy of Universal Proportions.
Dr. Doom vs Mephisto. Yo Mama Fight. ("Yo Mama was so dumb, I stole her soul and am keeping it in Hell!")
Red Skull, an insightful look into the caring side of a Megalomaniac Nazi General.
Solomon Grundy vs "The Zombie" crossover film. A new cult classic!
The Osprey. What happens after the Osprey is rejected from the Frightful Four tryouts? It's a madcap whirlwind rush for a one page wonder from Marvel comics golden age!
Mr. Mxyzptlk. Four hours of a stationary picture of Mr. Mxyzptlk, with a rumor that there's a cliffhanger scene after the credits. There is not.
So if a doctor says you're ill, you'd get a second opinion from a carpenter?
No, but if Dr.Bob,DC (2076168) were to tell me I had a deadly subluxation and needed chiropracty STAT, I wouldn't seek the second opinion of another chiropractor. Quackery fuels quakery. Asking a medical doctor about those subluxations might be prudent. A lot of people view climate scientist as quacks. Maybe they're not, but asking someone without a vested interest in saying the same thing would be prudent.
There is a reason Africa is in the state it's in...
Relatively good weather doesn't provide an environmental pressure to develop technologically earlier than colder climates?
google ECHELON
You know what ECHELON is? It's a monthly list of IPs which googled ECHELON.
I've accepted that Slashdot is like a skin mag, the articles are mostly just an excuse...
I don't see the slashcode any more, I just see Goatse, Tubgirl, and CowboyNeal.
Consumer interest groups like the ACLU
Citizen interest groups. I'm not a fan of every little thing the ACLU does, but at least they aren't morphing the role of citizen into the role of consumer.
I totally forgot that it existed. Maybe they should spend some more money on advertising.
The address book can be (and probably is) a third party's; usually the people in "from" and "to" are paired up from similar domain names.