'Sunshine' sucked ass. I like movies that break trail and cover new ground, and Sunshine seemed like it might do that, but in the end it was just an incoherent waste of two hours. (Some of the special effects were pretty good - some.)
do not install plugins and extensions in Firefox from sites other than addons.mozilla.org
but I should have said:
do not install extensions in Firefox from sites other than addons.mozilla.org
Plug-ins are different from extensions. Plug-ins come from a variety of sources, such as Adobe (Flash), Sun (Java) and so on.
Sorry for any cornfusion.
When any goof startup can create social-network connectors or picture-browsing extensions, Firefox abdicates a good part of its inherent security advantages. Use these at your own risk.
Any goof can create them, but *not* any goof can *publish* them on the Mozilla site. Mozilla has over the last couple years instituted a number of strict review guidelines and tests that an add-on must pass before it's published by Mozilla. Every add-on and add-on update is code-inspected line-by-line by a human editor. Mozilla has staffed up specifically in support of the add-ons site, and the number of code reviewers has grown dramatically in recent months. Reviewers keep a sharp eye out for remote code execution, violations of user expectations of privacy, and anything that detracts from user experience. Additionally, automated red-flag detection tools are now in the works.
Bottom line: do not install plugins and extensions in Firefox from sites other than addons.mozilla.org. With AMO, every single extension and extension update is inspected and reviewed before being published on the site. It's the only way to be sure.
(The new OSS project cannot use the name of the original project in any of their communications, literature, or anywhere on their website, to even so much as advertise they are a fork, due to trademark protections.)
For real? This doesn't sound right. I don't think trademark law will stop you from stating a true fact, like the fact that you're a fork of some other code.
She had to plea to something to keep the stupid prosecutors from looking stupid. This whole trial was bollocks from start to end. She didn't do anythign wrong.
What I don't understand is why the UN, the NSA and China are working together.
Because there's one thing all governments have in common: once they get power, including power over their own people, they want to get more of it, and they especially don't want to lose any of it. For them, an anonymous Internet is a step in the wrong direction.
I agree they're too tall, but I think the issue is also visual prominence. I think you want the prominence in this order, from most to least.
1. The post title 2. The post comment text 3. The reply and other buttons 4. The post author name and date 5. Sig and links in sig
I would try cutting the size of the button, lightening the background, and maybe putting it within the same light gray background color as the author name and date.
OK so this is based on source code licensed such that we can demand to see their source code and have access to any special software required to compile it, and they'll just hand it over, right?... right?
They're blowing a lot of smoke, but it's obvious what happened. They got caught using GPL code improperly, and now they're trying to spin it as some sort of conspiracy by Stallman's commie minions, instead of their own stupid mistake.
Have you ever read an annual report? The lawyers who craft these name every possible thing that could possibly go wrong, in excruciating detail, such that no one reading it can take any of it seriously or even parse out the threats that should be taken seriously.
Still in the God basket are issues related to your mortality. As best I can tell, we are wholly unequipped to deal with the reality of the end of our own lives. No big deal to you? ORLY? There's a tiger at your throat right now, ripping you open so that it can live while you die. How do you feel about that? That's what it means to confront your own mortality, and we're no good at it. The ones who were OK with it have long since left the gene pool, and the rest of us just can't deal with it. It's intolerable, it's inevitable, and there's not a thing we can do about it. The stuff still left in the God basket can help with this. What you feel is based on what you believe, and even if you believe something untrue -- you will live forever, death is only a momentary bump in a much longer road -- you still feel better. That's what the God basket is for. May you find it when you need it.
It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?
If you're thinking about kicking boulders around, you're not thinking about the problem at hand. If the meeting isn't engaging you, how about alt-tabbing over to a different window and getting some real work done while you listen with half an ear to the meeting in the background?
I have to wonder how much of this is geared toward recruiting members of the Shortest-Attention-Span Generation. If your competitor is letting people attend meetings in v-space, maybe you'd better too.
Actually, that's just one of several ways this could be valuable.
Personally, I have found exactly what I have wanted from wikipedia every time I have looked
How do you know? You found something, you read something, it passed the sniff test... now, what is the truth value of what you found?
Personally, I love Wikipedia for answering questions like "what is this thing and where does it fit into the big picture". I also think there are a lot of capable motivated people making sure that it's as close to true as possible. Still, if you're relying on it for some specific fact, you'd better check a second source. Which is good practice no matter what you're reading, wikipedia or otherwise.
Would you believe that we want fair elections, and that we don't give a shit whether its the Democrats or the Republicans fucking it up, we want it to stop?
Tit for tat is for 4 year olds.
Well, unless you read and agree with Richard Dawkins, in which case tit for tat (or sometimes tit for two tats) is a highly recommended social strategy for dealing with miscreants whose selfish genes lure them across the line. We need consequences.
I'm not installating any Firefox extensions that didn't come from addons.mozilla.org. Themes... yes. Extensions, no.
Sure you can open it up and read the code, but what happens the next to the extension updates itself? You gonna read that one too and every update after that?
Macafee has tools that will virus-scan Firefox extensions but they don't have enough of a track record to say if they're being rigorous or not. One wrong virus will F you up bad.
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'Sunshine' sucked ass. I like movies that break trail and cover new ground, and Sunshine seemed like it might do that, but in the end it was just an incoherent waste of two hours. (Some of the special effects were pretty good - some.)
do not install plugins and extensions in Firefox from sites other than addons.mozilla.org
but I should have said:
do not install extensions in Firefox from sites other than addons.mozilla.org
Plug-ins are different from extensions. Plug-ins come from a variety of sources, such as Adobe (Flash), Sun (Java) and so on. Sorry for any cornfusion.
When any goof startup can create social-network connectors or picture-browsing extensions, Firefox abdicates a good part of its inherent security advantages. Use these at your own risk.
Any goof can create them, but *not* any goof can *publish* them on the Mozilla site. Mozilla has over the last couple years instituted a number of strict review guidelines and tests that an add-on must pass before it's published by Mozilla. Every add-on and add-on update is code-inspected line-by-line by a human editor. Mozilla has staffed up specifically in support of the add-ons site, and the number of code reviewers has grown dramatically in recent months. Reviewers keep a sharp eye out for remote code execution, violations of user expectations of privacy, and anything that detracts from user experience. Additionally, automated red-flag detection tools are now in the works.
Bottom line: do not install plugins and extensions in Firefox from sites other than addons.mozilla.org. With AMO, every single extension and extension update is inspected and reviewed before being published on the site. It's the only way to be sure.
Andre Resende got it right in the first place.
For real? This doesn't sound right. I don't think trademark law will stop you from stating a true fact, like the fact that you're a fork of some other code.
She had to plea to something to keep the stupid prosecutors from looking stupid. This whole trial was bollocks from start to end. She didn't do anythign wrong.
Looks like a lot of state agencies are finally going to have to upgrade from Win98.
What I don't understand is why the UN, the NSA and China are working together.
Because there's one thing all governments have in common: once they get power, including power over their own people, they want to get more of it, and they especially don't want to lose any of it. For them, an anonymous Internet is a step in the wrong direction.
I'm aiming for Rich Internet Application Developer. Emphasis on the rich.
But even with a GCNR, I'm pretty sure you would have heard "AAH! Hiroshima! Chernobyl!" all the way round the globe.
Ah that's no problem. We'll just make sure the whiners get a visit from Uncle Orion.
I agree they're too tall, but I think the issue is also visual prominence. I think you want the prominence in this order, from most to least.
1. The post title
2. The post comment text
3. The reply and other buttons
4. The post author name and date
5. Sig and links in sig
I would try cutting the size of the button, lightening the background, and maybe putting it within the same light gray background color as the author name and date.
OK so this is based on source code licensed such that we can demand to see their source code and have access to any special software required to compile it, and they'll just hand it over, right? ... right?
It's not done yet; let them work it out. Next!
So what's left in the god basket?
Still in the God basket are issues related to your mortality. As best I can tell, we are wholly unequipped to deal with the reality of the end of our own lives. No big deal to you? ORLY? There's a tiger at your throat right now, ripping you open so that it can live while you die. How do you feel about that? That's what it means to confront your own mortality, and we're no good at it. The ones who were OK with it have long since left the gene pool, and the rest of us just can't deal with it. It's intolerable, it's inevitable, and there's not a thing we can do about it. The stuff still left in the God basket can help with this. What you feel is based on what you believe, and even if you believe something untrue -- you will live forever, death is only a momentary bump in a much longer road -- you still feel better. That's what the God basket is for. May you find it when you need it.
It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?If you're thinking about kicking boulders around, you're not thinking about the problem at hand. If the meeting isn't engaging you, how about alt-tabbing over to a different window and getting some real work done while you listen with half an ear to the meeting in the background? I have to wonder how much of this is geared toward recruiting members of the Shortest-Attention-Span Generation. If your competitor is letting people attend meetings in v-space, maybe you'd better too. Actually, that's just one of several ways this could be valuable.
If you're not too scared to remember to read the digits, you're not scared enough to experience time dilation?
Personally, I have found exactly what I have wanted from wikipedia every time I have looked
How do you know? You found something, you read something, it passed the sniff test ... now, what is the truth value of what you found?
Personally, I love Wikipedia for answering questions like "what is this thing and where does it fit into the big picture". I also think there are a lot of capable motivated people making sure that it's as close to true as possible. Still, if you're relying on it for some specific fact, you'd better check a second source. Which is good practice no matter what you're reading, wikipedia or otherwise.
Meet the new boss; same as the old boss. Remember when Microsoft was the cool new kid on the block? Yeah ...
Would you believe that we want fair elections, and that we don't give a shit whether its the Democrats or the Republicans fucking it up, we want it to stop?
Tit for tat is for 4 year olds.
Well, unless you read and agree with Richard Dawkins, in which case tit for tat (or sometimes tit for two tats) is a highly recommended social strategy for dealing with miscreants whose selfish genes lure them across the line. We need consequences.My above^^ comments may be true but also beside the point, since we're talking about a total Firefox build and not just an extension.
I'm not installating any Firefox extensions that didn't come from addons.mozilla.org. Themes ... yes. Extensions, no.
Sure you can open it up and read the code, but what happens the next to the extension updates itself? You gonna read that one too and every update after that?
Macafee has tools that will virus-scan Firefox extensions but they don't have enough of a track record to say if they're being rigorous or not. One wrong virus will F you up bad.
AMO or nothing.
Vader: "I am altering your First Class postage rate. Pray I don't alter it further."
And you can clean it up with the iScoop.